2007

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…

Gov. Matt Blunt opened the three-day Southern Growth Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Union Station yesterday with a presentation on Southern workforce challenges. Blunt is the current chairman of the Southern Growth Policies…

State Sen. Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) today announced that the Board for Inner City Missions of the UCC Metro St. Louis, commonly known as Neighborhood Houses, has been approved to receive $182,925 in state tax…

Washington University announced yesterday that it is investing over $55 million in a new renewable energy initiative that centers around the establishment of a new International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES). I-CARES…

Alderman Lyda Krewson hosted the 28th Ward Holiday Party last night at Balaban’s in the Central West End. Click To Play Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

The following letter comes from the President of the St. Louis Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists: Dear fellow journalists, The Saint Louis University board of trustees will vote Saturday morning on whether to eliminate…

Attorney General Jay Nixon gathered with a group of local Democratic elected officials today to call for the Republican-controlled state senate to act to regulate the state’s Pay Day Loan industry. Joining Nixon were State…

Blogger and middle-of-the-road Republican John Combest says yesterday’s indictment of Black Caucus Chairman John Bowman may affect one of the state rep’s recent clients, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill. “Just one month ago, the St. Louis…