2008

In the second contest between Rep. Talibdin (T.D.) El-Amin and Committeeman Joe Palm, El-Amin is maintaining his fundraising advantage. According to campaign reports filed yesterday, El-Amin raised $6,700 last quarter, leaving him with $9,378.53 cash…

St. Louis County state rep. John Bowman, the former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of paying a Bank of America vice president $1,000 to influence the approval…

Behind in the popular vote, behind in the number of contests won, and perhaps most significantly a long way behind in cash, Hillary Clinton needed to win by a much larger margin in Pennsylvania last…

Speaking on “Face the Nation” on August 10, Karl Rove made some insightful observations about a presidential candidate selecting a VP for political reasons. It just so happens that the criticisms he was launching at…

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…

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed was in Jefferson City yesterday asking the Missouri Ethics Commission to let him keep his over-the-limit campaign contributions. From the Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz blog: Reed was elected president of…

As a young girl laid in her bed, butterflies swarmed in her belly with anticipation of the first day of school that awaits when she opens her eyes. A freshman no more, young Shaneick Golden…

The recent scandals in the St. Louis police department have fueled efforts to bring control of the department back to the people who pay the bills: the taxpayers of St. Louis City. From: The Coalition…

Taking a crack at cronyism, gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) has a proposal that would end the patronage system in Missouri’s fee offices. The old, controversial system involved about 183 privately run offices that…