2007

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.…

St. Louis’ Young Democrats are coming together tomorrow for their Fall Social. The event is Wednesday from 5:30—7:30 PM at the Laclede Street Bar & Grill, 3818 Laclede. All Democrats are welcome and admission is…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi swears in Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay for another term in the U.S. House. Joining the Congressman for this occasion in the U.S. Capitol were his father, former Congressman Bill…

By a unanimous vote yesterday, a State Senate committee approved House Bill 1, the economic development package which includes the controversial Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit. The committee also passed two amendments to address…

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…

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…

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.…