2007

The opponents of the takeover of St. Louis Public Schools are having another fundraising concert tomorrow to raise money to fund their legal fight. The benefit concert for the “Save Our Children’s Education Fund” will…

Starting off the new year performing my civic duty. UPDATE: It was so fun sitting in that waiting room watching Gerald Ford’s funeral and bad soap operas that I think I’ll do it again tomorrow.…

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…

The Gateway to the West Chapter of the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) will host a Jackie Kennedy expert at their quarterly meeting this Saturday. Steven Brawley runs the website pinkpillbox.com and will speak about…

UPDATE… Arguments are still being made by attorneys from both sides in Cole County Circuit Judge Richard G. Callahan’s courtroom as opponents of the state takeover of St. Louis Public Schools push for a temporary…

St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay has joined with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in filing articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. On April 17, Kucinich wrote a letter to his Democratic colleagues espressing his…

Over the next days and weeks, you will be noticing a few new bylines on PubDef. The interns have arrived! So be nice — and be patient — as these fresh eyes take their first…

The following statement comes from F.I.R.E., the African-American firefighters association: Almost 50 years ago Black firefighters for the City of St Louis were told by white firefighters that they could not attend the firefighters’ barbecue.…

The Post-Dispatch put a picture of the wrong John Bowman on the front page of today's paper.In their story on the state representative's indictment yesterday, the Post mistakenly published a photo of Bowman's son, John…