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His Missouri supporters will welcome U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama when he stops in St. Louis on Friday, October 26. From the invitation: We’re counting down the days until the crucial early primaries…

A report by the The Kansas City Star uncovered that aides to Governor Matt Blunt urged the Missouri Highway Patrol to publicly criticize Attorney General Jay Nixon, a potential Democratic challenger in the 2008 election. In…

“Get over it, St. Louis. There will never be another Ozzie Smith,” said the Comedy Central pundit about our recently passed Stem Cell Amendment which allows for a certain kind of cloning. Keep up with…

According to campaign finance reports filed over the weekend, Aldermanic President candidate Lewis Reed raked in almost $50,000 on one day last week, with most coming from two donors. On February 28, George Kruntchev contributed…

Earlier this week, St. Louis Community College (SLCC) suspended music professor Lawrence Stukenholtz for sexual misconduct. Stukenholtz was not suspended for any misdeeds at SLCC, but for incidents at Matter Dei High School in California,…

Governor Matt Blunt stopped by St. Louis police headquarters Monday to announce his latest step to pull up the welcome mat for illegal immigrants in Missouri. Blunt proposed making it illegal for “illegals” to get…

In an effort to make Pub Def even better, we recently announced two new internships that will allow two important and exciting things: 1) Expansion of coverage. If you think it sometimes seems like we’re…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE During a panel discussion hosted by Congresswoman (and St. Louis native) Maxine Waters (D-CA) at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. last weekend, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons made…

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The Missouri History Museum has purchased former Mayor Freeman Bosley, Jr.’s Big Jake’s BBQ on Delmar and, according to The Pacer neighborhood newsletter, plans to raze the building and put in a new “multi-modal” building.…