2008

State Representative Jeff Harris, a Democrat running for Attorney General, today issued a statement criticizing a Missouri Ethics Commission ruling, allowing ten Republican House candidates to keep a combined $312,000 in over-the-limit contributions. “Once again,…

St. Louis County Results In Lacy Clay’s 1st Congressional District (north St. Louis County): DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA . . . . . . . . . 62,264 (68.54%)HILLARY CLINTON . . . . . .…

The underused retail and cultural hub Grand Center is about to get a new tenant. The University of Missouri-St. Louis has announced that it will move forward with a plan to build a new facility…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers backed down from conducting their man-made flooding, the “spring rise” of the Missouri River, for now. Missourinet is reporting that both the governor and Attorney Jay Nixon’s calls for…

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…

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…

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…

In the middle of all this Super Tuesday excitement, the Missouri Senate confirmed the appointment of St. Louis Public Schools czar Rick Sullivan. Governor Matt Blunt, who appointed the real estate developer to lead the…

CNN’s exit polls show Barack Obama won among Missouri women (53%-46%) and narrowly among men (50-49). While Obama expectedly won the black vote (just 14% of those polled) by 91%, he lost Missouri’s white vote…