2008

The Missouri ACORN Political Action Committee today endorsed Jeff Harris in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General. “In a Democratic primary, we are often choosing among friends,” said PAC member Lynn Oldham, “But in this…

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…

On Monday, the Missouri Senate Financial, Governmental Organizations, and Elections Committee heard testimony on several measures. Senate Bill 1245, sponsored by Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, would bar a felon from holding public office in the…

Senator Claire McCaskill told reporters yesterday that President Bill Clinton was playing “fast and loose” with the facts when attacking Senator Barack Obama on his wife’s behalf. “Because of the larger megaphone he has as…

Former Fire Chief Sherman George voting at Woodward Elementary. School board member Bill Purdy gathering signatures to recall Mayor Francis Slay at Hodgen Elementary.

First the New York Times, now the Associated Press via the Boston Herald. From yesterday’s Herald: Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive.…

Washington University has named a new provost … and he’s the same as the last provost. Executive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, the dean of Arts & Sciences, was named to the position, to begin…

President Bill Clinton and his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, will be in St. Louis Saturday for a town hall meeting dubbed “Solutions for America” at McCluer North High School in Florissant. The event is…