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The group representing African-Americans in the St. Louis Fire Department today called on Mayor Francis Slay to address the issues of their members — which account for 44% of the department — and no longer…

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…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE In the matter of whether the name of a candidate for alderman should be removed from the ballot less than two weeks before the election, the Election Board today opted to leave…

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) Managing Director Valeisha Butterfield, daughter of Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.). Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

BREAKING NEWS Rumor has it that State Senator Chris Koster (R-Harrisonville) will announce this week that he’s leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat. Koster, who already has $644,000 in the bank, according to…

Press release from the Missouri Democratic Party… Blunt’s 2nd Quarter Finance Plan: Sell State Government for $478,250 in Campaign Contributions Jefferson City, MO — Less than a year after getting rid of campaign contribution limits…

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The Post-Dispatch put a picture of the wrong John Bowman on the front page of today's paper.In their story on the state representative's indictment yesterday, the Post mistakenly published a photo of Bowman's son, John…

Starting off the new year performing my civic duty. UPDATE: It was so fun sitting in that waiting room watching Gerald Ford’s funeral and bad soap operas that I think I’ll do it again tomorrow.…

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…