2007

With absentee, the 20th, and the 10th Wards reporting… Shrewsbury - 2947Reed - 2499 Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesReed in the Lead (1)Schmid Wins…

State Rep. Mike Daus paid a visit to one of city’s best performing schools Friday morning and, according to one student reporter, said if the state really wants to help SLPS they should allot more…

The I-70 Northwest Development Corporation of St. Louis will receive $95,000 in Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) tax credits to build a senior care center. The center will take up just over half of a 4,308-square…

Everyone knows the way to an alderman’s heart is through their stomach. So when the city’s legislative body meets this morning, breakfast will be provided by none other than Attorney General candidate Jeff Harris. If…

Official announcement… Stacey Newman, executive director of the Missouri Women’s Coalition, is officially announcing today that she is seeking the office of State Representative for the 73rd District. She has filed with the Missouri Ethics…

Over the next days and weeks, you will be noticing a few new bylines on PubDef. The interns have arrived! So be nice — and be patient — as these fresh eyes take their first…

According to campaign finance reports filed over the weekend, Aldermanic President candidate Lewis Reed raked in almost $50,000 on one day last week, with most coming from two donors. On February 28, George Kruntchev contributed…

From Michael Allen’s Ecology of Absence blog: With the McKee development, the aldermen are gatekeepers of redevelopment. They don’t need to see McKee’s plans to articulate a vision for their wards, and ask that the…

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Diana Bourisaw recently announced the hiring of three principals to head the district’s new alternative schools. SLPS will launch a new K-12 initiative, designed specifically for disruptive students, at the…