2007

Still fuming over Senator Chris Koster’s defection to the blue team, the Missouri Republican Party today issued a statement calling on the former GOP senate leader to return the hundreds of thousands of dollars he…

PUB DEF SPECIAL REPORT There are a lot of people hurting in the City of St. Louis. Not just struggling to make ends meet, but really struggling — to find shelter, to food for their…

PubDef.TV has been updated with all of our videos from the ongoing student sit-in demonstration in City Hall. Watch these exclusive videos and listen to students talk about this week’s events in their own words…

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.…

According to a campaign press release, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Locals #1, #2, #4, and #1439) has endorsed Jim Shrewsbury for re-election. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net BOA_President_Race

Democrat Sam Coleman officially kicked off his campaign for state representative last night. By the campaign’s estimate, several hundred people packed the Kappa House in midtown in support of Coleman’s campaign to replace State Rep.…

Following Missouri Attorney General (and likely Democratic nominee for Governor) Jay Nixon’s decision not file criminal charges against Ameren for the Taum Sauk dam collapse, state Republicans are continuing their cries of conflict of interest.…

The following is a copy of an ad that appeared in the February 21 edition of the Southwest City Journal. It touts Aldermanic President Jim Shrewsbury’s opposition to the BJC expansion deal, saying he “won”…