2007

The membership of the St. Louis Police Officers Association has voted “no confidence” in the leadership of Chief Joe Mokwa. But despite the lack of support among his officers and numerous scandals — including $40,000…

PubDef.net’s request for a copy of the surveillance tape from the Booneville casino where State Senator Jeff Smith was cited for using another legislator’s ID card to make bets has been denied. According to a…

6th Ward Alderman candidate Kacie Starr Triplett has posted a new web commercial on her campaign website. The spot, produced by A.D. French & Associates, highlights Triplett’s campaign pledge to be the most accessible and…

Singer Mya at the “Get Your Money Right” Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Martin Luther King III, Dr. Ben Chavis, Mya, Cong. Barbara Lee, Cong. G.K. Butterfield, Valeisha…

The coalition seeking to remove Mayor Francis Slay from office appears to have won a battle in a much larger war. The group’s threat to protest a public fundraiser for Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has…

Attorney General Jay Nixon, Democratic candidate for governor, has notified the Missouri Ethics Commission that he plans to return over-limit contributions to his campaign. Attorney General candidate Chris Koster also notified the Commission that his…

KWMU reports that President George W. Bush signed legislation last week that re-names the University City post office after Harriett Woods, the former Missouri Lieutenant Governor who passed away in February. Earlier this year we…

A woman tried to jump from the second floor rotunda of City Hall today. City Marshals would not comment on the record, but witnesses tell PubDef the woman, an employee in one of St. Louis’…

On Friday, September 28, Missouri Congressmen Wm. Lacy Clay (D-St. Louis) and Emmanuel Cleaver, II (D-Kansas City) hosted their annual Missouri Walk of Fame reception at the National Association of REALTORS® building in Washington, D.C.…