2008

Sixth Ward Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett is featured in next month’s Ebony magazine as one their “30 Young Leaders on the Rise.” “I am thrilled to be honored,” said Triplett, who is 27. “I look…

From the Oct. 12, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times: John McCain is hammering Barack Obama about his ties to Chicago educator Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a group that used violence in the 1960s and…

With the eyes of the world falling on St. Louis tomorrow for the first and only Vice-Presidential debate of 2008, those that can’t get into the debate are looking for a place to watch it.…

BREAKING NEWS - READ IT HERE FIRST For the second time, State Senator Jeff Smith has decided not to support Gov. Matt Blunt’s appointment to the state board of education. “As I noted when his…

President Bill Clinton was in Missouri last night in the town of Independence. The beginning of his speech sounds a lot like a re-election speech, rather than an endorsement or surrogate speech. The funniest line…

Candidates seeking their party’s nomination for the office of Circuit Attorney, Sheriff, Treasurer, Public Administrator and Ward Committeeman/woman in the City of St. Louis may begin filing Declarations of Nomination at 8:00 A.M. on Tuesday,…

Poll workers are reporting unusually high turnouts at polling places across the city. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net