2007

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman announced today that the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis had endorsed her re-election bid. “We don’t normally endorse candidates before the filing date closes, but we decided to make…

On Wednesday Gov. Matt Blunt approved the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s nomination of Omar Davis to serve as the new director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Davis, of Jefferson City, is…

We’re happy to announce a couple of great new features! First, we now have continuous play on PubDef.TV, meaning you just go to the site and videos start playing automatically, one after the other —…

State Senator Jeff Smith was charged today with a misdemeanor offense of using a false identification during a July 31 visit to the Isle of Capri Casino in Booneville. State Rep. Joe Aull (D-Marshall) and…

Alderman Lyda Krewson hosted the 28th Ward Holiday Party last night at Balaban’s in the Central West End. Click To Play Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has endorsed Aldermanic President Jim Shrewsbury for re-election. “SEIU members run the gamut from healthcare to the public sector and building services. This is the kind of support from…

About a dozen teenagers attended a free hip-hop journalism seminar today at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. Instructor MK Stallings taught the students composition, reporting and interviewing techniques. The seminar was sponsored by…

It seems former Senator Jim Talent is getting his legislation passed from beyond the political grave. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill whose original version was sponsored in 2005 by Talent, who…