2007

The following is an editorial from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay… “State Violence Should Be Subject to Oversight By New Commission” The business of death is a serious one that merits extensive and exhaustive oversight. Although…

Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon will be in north St. Louis this morning calling for stronger legislation against the payday loan industry. Nixon says Missouri has some of the most lenient payday loan…

The Missouri Department of Economic Development has approved Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) tax credits for six Missouri not-for-profit organizations, including three from St. Louis. Family Support Network has been approved for $228,405 in NAP tax…

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.…

In an opinion handed down today, the Missouri Supreme Court declined to order candidates and elected officials to return money raised during the brief time the state was without contribution limits. In a 4-2 per…

Comptroller Darlene Green and License Collector Mike McMillan were among the estimated 350 people who attended a “Unity Rally” yesterday organized by Citizens to Recall Francis G. Slay. State Representative Jamilah Nasheed, who has been…

On Wednesday Gov. Matt Blunt approved the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s nomination of Omar Davis to serve as the new director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Davis, of Jefferson City, is…

From an article in the Kansas City Star on the KC mayoral race: Still, the Internet is a good way for candidates to communicate with their base and raise funds, said Antonio French, a St.…

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…