2007

BREAKING NEWS The Missouri Legislature has passed Governor Blunt’s Economic Development Package, including the Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit. By a vote of 125 to 19, the House today passed the Senate version of…

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed*, State Representative Rodney Hubbard*, and Vice-Chair of the City Democratic Party Yaphett El-Amin helped the Barack Obama Presidential campaign open their St. Louis headquarters yesterday. Click To Play Obama will be…

Click here to download the Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan’s ruling (via the Post), which denied St. Louis Public Schools a restraining order. Some highlights: “With absolutely no disrespect intended to the current superintendent…

A group of Missouri lawmakers are preparing to fight a potential ballot initiative anti-affirmative action groups are trying to put before voters in 2008 targeting colleges admission standards, employment opportunities and access to public contracts…

I’m scheduled to be a guest on “Collateral Damage” tonight with hosts D.J. Wilson and Fred Hessel and Steve Patterson of Urban Review STL. The show starts at 7:00 and can be heard on KDHX…

For today’s photo caption contest, we’ll have a little good-natured fun with State Senator (and candidate for Attorney General) Chris Koster* and state rep candidate Don Calloway. As usual, only contestants who log-in to post…

Ever wonder which political blogger is most likely to be President of the United States? (Yeah, me neither.) Well, the folks at the Columbia Tribune did and you might be surprised by the primary outcomes.…

The Missouri Republican State Committee has produced the following radio ad attacking Democrat Jay Nixon: Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net 2008 Elections, Ads, Audio, Governor's_Race

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…

St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay was all smiles Friday night as he and visiting House majority whip Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) helped raised over $100,000 for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The fundraiser was…