2007

Burning Crosses, Hanging Monkies. No, not quite the title of a new Wire Fu movie starring Chow Yung Fat. Just the latest chapter in St. Louis’ never-ending story of racists behaving badly. On the same…

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 House and Senate both came back into session today to revisit the economic development package (HB 327) previously vetoed by Governor Matt Blunt. Of course, included in that package is the controversial Land…

SLPS district-wide data SLPS school-by-school performance Summary for the State of Missouri Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related Stories

Attorney General Jay Nixon, Democratic candidate for governor, has notified the Missouri Ethics Commission that he plans to return over-limit contributions to his campaign. Attorney General candidate Chris Koster also notified the Commission that his…

Click to Play the Game UPDATE: The Missouri Republican Party’s response to the Dems new video game: “While Democrats prefer to spend their time and donor resources on frivolous pursuits in a make-believe world, Governor…

The full body of the 28th Ward Democrats voted tonight to endorse Lewis Reed for President of the Board of Aldermen. The vote was 36 for Reed, 26 for incumbent Jim Shrewsbury, and 1 abstention.…

Congressman Lacy Clay will be endorsing the campaign of Rev. James Morris, who is running for the state House seat currently occupied by Rep. Rodney Hubbard*, who’s running for the state senate. Clay earlier announced…

Free, the former host of BET’s 106 & Park, served as host of the “Get Your Money Right” Hip-Hop Summit event in Washington D.C. this weekend. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net