2007

A group of Missouri lawmakers are preparing to fight a potential ballot initiative anti-affirmative action groups are trying to put before voters in 2008 targeting colleges admission standards, employment opportunities and access to public contracts…

As dozens, if not hundreds, of St. Louisans head down to Jena, Louisiana today to support the Jena 6, and anti-war protestors settle into the third day of their week-long 24-hour protest outside the St.…

Following the retirement of executive director Kim Norman, Edmund Hennessey has been named the new head of Weed & Seed St. Louis. According to the Department of Justice’s website, the Weed & Seed initiative involves a…

Governor Matt Blunt will hold a press conference to announce the appointment of former State Rep. Derio Gambaro to the State Board of Education, which we first reported yesterday, at the site of Gambaro’s longstanding…

Everyone knows the way to an alderman’s heart is through their stomach. So when the city’s legislative body meets this morning, breakfast will be provided by none other than Attorney General candidate Jeff Harris. If…

Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Sicko, comes out today. A critical look at America’s failure to provide for the health and welfare of its people, the film has received praise from both sides of the political…

Leaders of the city’s black firefighters association said today that Mayor Francis Slay’s removal of Fire Chief Sherman George has created an “energized atmosphere of defiance and intolerance” among some white firefighters, and it is…