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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…

Steve Patterson Recovering from His Stroke from PubDef on Vimeo. Local blogger Steve Patterson, still recovering from a stroke on Feb. 1, will make a mini-comeback 7 p.m. tonight on the Collateral Damage show on…

The second Regular Session of Missouri’s 94th General Assembly will convene at noon today. State representatives and senators have made their way across the state back to the Capitol in Jefferson City for this election…

If anyone in St. Louis should know anything about how to throw a proper protest it would be Percy Green. A veteran of civil rights fights in St. Louis since the 1960s, Green has been…

The latest in a YWCA Racial Injustice series will tackle a controversial initiative proposed to end Affirmative Action programs in Missouri Tuesday. Fronted by California businessman Ward Connerly, this latest push is part of an…

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, a supporter of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, today issued the following statement on what he calls push-polling by supporters of Mike Huckabee: “Governor Mitt Romney has a proven record of bringing…

Barack Obama

As many of you have heard, Steve Patterson, our friend and fellow blogger, experienced a stroke on February 1. Well, here is good news: Steve is making good progress in his recovery. Click here to…

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…