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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has thrown its support to State Rep. Jeff Harris for Attorney General. “Throughout my career, I have been honored to stand with organized labor on…

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In the biggest political upset in recent memory, Lewis Reed has defeated Jim Shrewsbury to become the next President of the Board of Aldermen. Reed’s victory makes him the first African-American Aldermanic President ever elected…

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…

Governor Matt Blunt has announced that Parkside Towers, LLC will receive $5.1 million in redemption tax credits. The credits come as part of the Department of Economic Development’s (DED) Brownfield Redevelopment Program, which gives incentives…

It what the Mayor’s office fairly describes as something of an annual ritual now, the City of St. Louis challenged the US Census Bureau’s estimate of its residential population. For the fourth year in a…

Attorney General Jay Nixon gathered with a group of local Democratic elected officials today to call for the Republican-controlled state senate to act to regulate the state’s Pay Day Loan industry. Joining Nixon were State…

The candidates on how they would get more minorities involved in the 6th Ward Democratic Organization… On the Board of E&A and our “weak mayor” form of government… On Rev. Larry Rice and the homeless…

Leaders of the city’s black firefighters association said today that Mayor Francis Slay’s removal of Fire Chief Sherman George has created an “energized atmosphere of defiance and intolerance” among some white firefighters, and it is…

Watch video from yesterday’s press conference by State Senators Maida Coleman and Michael Gibbon on the eve of their meeting today with DESE Commissioner Kent King regarding the future of St. Louis Public Schools at…