2007

Democratic Attorney General candidate Jeff Harris announced the support of another labor union today. Here’s the press release: Columbia — House Democratic Leader and Democratic candidate for Attorney General Jeff Harris continues to gain support…

You may have seen his “I Have a Dream” speech before, but watch it again now if only to marvel at how great of an orator Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was, and how large…

With absentee, the 20th, and the 10th Wards reporting… Shrewsbury - 2947Reed - 2499 Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesReed in the Lead (1)Schmid Wins…

Last weekend, State Rep. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) launched her campaign for the state Senate. According to Jo Mannies at the Political Fix, former St. Louis Democratic state rep. Fred Kratky’s “Facts ‘O Life” band was…

Three organizations – Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Community Health-in-Partnership Services and Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club – are teaming up to offer free flu shots to anyone over six months old. The shots will be given…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE — READ IT HERE FIRST PubDef.net has learned that State Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) was issued a summons last night after trying to entering the Isle of Capri Casino in Booneville…

State Representative Rodney Hubbard has hired Antonio French to manage his campaign for state senate. This is the third senate campaign for French. Previous campaigns for Senators Wayne Goode and Patrick Dougherty were both successful.…

Following the resignation of Missouri Department of Agriculture director Fred Ferrell, Governor Matt Blunt has nominated Platte City resident Katie Smith to become the next director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Ferrell resigned this…

Minority Floor Leader Maida Coleman (D-St. Louis) denied rumors that she is planning to make an early departure from the State Senate. Talk has spread around the Capitol that Coleman, who because of term limits…

CLINTON ON TRUMAN — Former President Bill Clinton… Ahhhh, remember the Clinton Years? Stock market through the roof, no American cities destroyed by terrorism or flood, general peace and prosperity — The Good Ol’ Days.…