2007

Governor Matt Blunt’s nominees for various State department directors were passed out of the Senate Gubernatorial Appointments committee this morning, and will now go to the floor of the State Senate for debate. Among these…

As expected, Michele Kratky, wife of former State Rep. Fred Kratky, has been selected as the Democratic nominee to replace her husband in February’s special election. Southside Democratic committeemen and -women met this morning to…

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…

Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon will be in north St. Louis this morning calling for stronger legislation against the payday loan industry. Nixon says Missouri has some of the most lenient payday loan…

By a vote of 46 to 53, the U.S. Senate today refused to close debate and advance President Bush’s controversial immigration legislation. Sixty votes were needed to end debate.   Both Missouri Senators, Kit Bond (R)…

Gov. Matt Blunt gave the kind of Christmas gift Sunday that only a governor can give. Blunt announced his decision to pardon Alicia Allison-Brown, Jesse Barnes, James Birdwell, Sr., Craig Johnson, Robert Jordan and Carl…

State Rep. Mike Daus paid a visit to one of city’s best performing schools Friday morning and, according to one student reporter, said if the state really wants to help SLPS they should allot more…