2007

A move by St. Louis University to exert a greater degree of control over its student-run newspaper has many current and past SLU journalists worried.University officials met with the student staff of the University News…

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Governor Matt Blunt stopped by St. Louis police headquarters Monday to announce his latest step to pull up the welcome mat for illegal immigrants in Missouri. Blunt proposed making it illegal for “illegals” to get…

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…

Click To Play The Instead of War Coalition, a St. Louis based peace organization, is holding a 24-hour week-long rally called the “Days of Decision” Watch outside the St. Louis office of U.S. Senator Claire…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi swears in Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay for another term in the U.S. House. Joining the Congressman for this occasion in the U.S. Capitol were his father, former Congressman Bill…

Photographer Rosalind Guy was one of 130 Missourians who traveled to Iowa last week to campaign for Barack Obama. We’ve posted some of her great photos from the event on our .Mac web gallery. Click…

A new blog on the scene, the Missouri Political News Service, is reporting a rumor from what it says are “credible sources” that Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White will announce his retirement in the…

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