2008

PubDef columnist Blake Ashby tells why he thinks Evangelical Christians really supported George W. Bush for President and what it could mean for the current election. Plus: Blake tells the latest rumor Republicans are spreading…

Ofttimes, torches are not passed on, but rather pried out of the hands of past generations. In 1960, Missouri’s own former President Harry S. Truman held a news conference to explain why he resigned as…

Lines wrapped around three sides of the Edward Jones Dome before the doors opened and crowds of supporters poured onto the stadium floor. “I haven’t seen so many people in this dome since the Rams…

MOPNS.com has published the contents of an email it says was written by Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton, a Republican, about the news that his former chief of staff, Chris Benjamin, will be running for…

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…

What a sharp contrast to 2004 when John Kerry pulled out of Missouri four weeks before Election Day. It was just a little more than a week ago that 100,000 people greeted Obama in downtown…

Former Fire Chief Sherman George voting at Woodward Elementary. School board member Bill Purdy gathering signatures to recall Mayor Francis Slay at Hodgen Elementary.

Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan, announced yesterday, Feb. 28, 08, that her office has placed online a five-part video series highlighting African-American genealogy. African-American Genealogy: Putting Together the Pieces of Your Past was created by…

Yet another indicator of a recession, the government is reporting a dramatic increase in the number of food stamps used by poor families. The New York Times is reporting that due to layoffs, rising food…