2007

Watch out, all you anonymous blog posters who are so mean to Veronica O’Brien, Francis Slay, and Steve Gregali. Pretty soon, you might be prosecuted for your cyber insults. A proposed new law would make…

PubDef.net’s request for a copy of the surveillance tape from the Booneville casino where State Senator Jeff Smith was cited for using another legislator’s ID card to make bets has been denied. According to a…

Paul McKee, the man behind the mysterious Blairmont land assemblage project, was expected to address members of the community in which he has purchased dozens of acres of property at a forum Thursday hosted by…

Following yesterday’s ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Missouri’s practice of execution by lethal injection is not cruel or unusual punishment, Governor Matt Blunt voiced his agreement with the Court’s decision.…

The St. Louis Teachers Union is holding a press conference this evening to ask for the public’s support in urging the Missouri Board of Education to decline requests for a state takeover. Local 420 is…

A busy day in Missouri politics yesterday… Former state rep. Nathan Cooper was sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has approved for circulation a petition drive to get…

BREAKING NEWS Sources tell PubDef that State Rep. Joe Aull (D-Marshall) will be charged tomorrow in conjunction with providing State Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis City) a false identification during a July 31 visit to…

If endorsements were as good as votes, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, armed with the largest host committee of current and former elected officials that anyone can remember, would have already won her 2008…