2007

Jamala Rogers from the Organization for Black Struggle was the first person to testify at yesterday’s hearing of the House Committee on Slavery Impact. The committee, which is considering State Rep. T.D. El-Amin’s resolution calling…

The St. Louis Teachers Union is holding a press conference this evening to ask for the public’s support in urging the Missouri Board of Education to decline requests for a state takeover. Local 420 is…

In this report, iconic journalist Dan Rather reports on the controversy and illusion that surround the same kind of electronic voting machines used in St. Louis County. On Thursday, Missourians for Honest Elections will host…

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…

Citing the City of St. Louis’ current racial problems, the chairman and the executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) said today they will give Mayor Francis Slay six months to make…

READ IT HERE FIRST Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan will see some familiar faces in court again tomorrow. The St. Louis Board of Education and the Special Administrative Board (SAB) of St. Louis Public…

Katherine Wessling and David Lee Jackson, Jr. easily won seats on the St. Louis Board of Education tonight with 37 and 30 percent of the vote respectively. Proposition P also passed easily with 70 percent…

From reporter Dave Helling’s story in Sunday’s Kansas City Star: Antonio French’s St. Louis-based Web site, www.pubdef.net, is one of the best-known and most frequently viewed political Web sites in Missouri. French shoots, edits and…

A large group of local grass-root supporters of U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama are scheduled to meet Wednesday night in St. Louis. Not another fundraiser, and not another meet-and-greet for local political big…