2008

The City of St. Louis will balance its budget with a tax increase. Sounds like everything Republicans say about our Democratic city is not all untrue. While many different elected officials and editorials spoke out…

It’s the fight against the flood. A gaggle of bipartisan politicians are throwing down the gauntlet on the US Army Corps of Engineers who plan to go ahead with a man-made flood on the Missouri…

The AP is reporting that Senator Claire McCaskill is going to endorse Barack Obama for President today. McCaskill has praised Obama often and was widely believed to favor the Illinois senator over Clinton. But the…

Amidst a budget shortfall and cries of mismanagement from both parties, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich backpedaled from some of his earlier proposals in his State of the State Address before the General Assembly Wednesday. Taxes…

St. Louis Public Schools’ “elected” Board of Education will meet noon, Saturday at the Gateway Classic Foundation, 2012 Martin Luther King Drive. The board is in the midst of putting the finishing touches on a…

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In the hours before yesterday’s Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, producer Davin Hutchins of the American News Project and blogger Antonio French of PubDef.net spent the day yesterday interviewing supporters and opponents of Alaska Governor…

Sorry about the less-than-normal updating. I’m still in Buffalo, NY attending a fantastic conference.  More at that later…

We’re heading to the Mile High City next week for the Democratic National Convention. We’ll be following the Missouri delegation, as well as the action inside and outside of the Convention as the world prepares…

Will Missouri soon follow the State of New Jersey, which officially apologized for slavery Monday? State Rep. T.D. El-Amin has sponsored a resolution calling for the State of Missouri to apologize for its role in…