2007

When presidential candidate Hillary Clinton comes to St. Louis on Sunday she was scheduled to be introduced by one of her best known supporters, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. But a threat to picket the…

The term of St. Louis Public Schools’ chief executive officer may be even shorter than many predicted. Governor Matt Blunt’s appointment to the Special Administrative Board of the city schools, Rick Sullivan, has yet to…

Friday is the start of parents’ weekend at Washington University. It’s also the day thousands of tombstones will adorn the lawn north of the school’s library. The tombstones are part of a joint effort between…

Watch St. Louisan (and my fellow CBC alumnus) Larry Hughes in the NBA Finals tonight at 8:00 on Channel 30. Go Cavs! Here’s a conversation starter: When the hell is St. Louis going to get…

Gov. Matt Blunt opened the three-day Southern Growth Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Union Station yesterday with a presentation on Southern workforce challenges. Blunt is the current chairman of the Southern Growth Policies…

If endorsements were as good as votes, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, armed with the largest host committee of current and former elected officials that anyone can remember, would have already won her 2008…

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…

PubDef.net’s request for a copy of the surveillance tape from the Booneville casino where State Senator Jeff Smith was cited for using another legislator’s ID card to make bets has been denied. According to a…

Press release from the Green Party… “More than anyone else, Willie Marshall was responsible for bringing a Black perspective to the Green Party,” says Party activist Barbara Chicherio. Willie Marshall passed while asleep early July…