2008

This is how Jet Magazine reported on March 22, 1993: Freeman Bosley Jr., is poised to become St. Louis’ first Black mayor after winning 44 percent of the vote in a four-man Democratic primary. Bosley,…

Prominent St. Louisians David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr., are among Ebony Magazine’s “Power 150″ list of the Most Influential Black Americans of 2008. The…

State Senator Harry Kennedy (D-St. Louis) has been named to the Joint Committee on MO HealthNet. From the press release: Senate President Pro Tem Michael Gibbons (R-Kirkwood) recently appointed Sen. Kennedy to this bipartisan, bicameral…

The City of St. Louis once again delivered for the Democratic ticket. From President to Governor to Lt. Gov, city voters proved themselves once again as the most Democratic county in the state. The 6th,…

Andria Simckes, a Democratic candidate for Missouri Treasurer, wants the other Democratic Treasurer candidates to agree to support the winner of the Primary, “regardless of which one of us prevails.” From the press release: Simckes…

A tape was released today of Bill Clinton slamming the writer of a Vanity Fair article which claimed he is still cheating on his wife. Clinton also charged that the media has been biased against…

The Missouri Republican Party today slammed the Democrats for three elected officials’ hig-profile run-ins with the law. From the GOP press release: In a stunning miscarriage of justice, Democrat Sen. Chuck Graham will not face…

John Edwards told his group of supporters that one thing was clear from the caucus results tonight: the status quo lost and change won. Current results show Edwards in the second place behind Barack Obama…

In today’s New York Times (hat tip to the Arch City Chronicle for first noting it), former Riverfront Times reporter Malcolm Gay pens an article on the City of St. Louis’ ongoing racial problems following…