2007

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE In the matter of whether the name of a candidate for alderman should be removed from the ballot less than two weeks before the election, the Election Board today opted to leave…

The term of St. Louis Public Schools’ chief executive officer may be even shorter than many predicted. Governor Matt Blunt’s appointment to the Special Administrative Board of the city schools, Rick Sullivan, has yet to…

Sources tell PubDef.net that State Senator Chris Koster is going to make it official this week. Koster, who rocked the state's political scene when he switched from the Republican Party to become a Democrat back…

Last weekend, State Rep. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) launched her campaign for the state Senate. According to Jo Mannies at the Political Fix, former St. Louis Democratic state rep. Fred Kratky’s “Facts ‘O Life” band was…

Click here to download the Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan’s ruling (via the Post), which denied St. Louis Public Schools a restraining order. Some highlights: “With absolutely no disrespect intended to the current superintendent…

Robin Harris will officially announce his candidacy for the State House District 86 seat tomorrow night. The campaign kickoff and fundraiser will be held tomorrow at 7:00 pm at 1813 Loehr Estate Drive in Ballwin.…

“Appointing a fire chief, police chief, or economic development director, or public works director, or streets department director because of his of her race is wrong,” said Mayor Francis Slay today standing next to Public…

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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…