2008

Just last week, State Representative Connie Johnson was pushing John Edwards as the only Democrat who could win Missouri in November. Well, it seems the term-limited House Minority Whip has had a change of heart.…

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…

The Columbia Tribune reports that former Sen. John Edwards will be in St. Louis Saturday at the Carpenters’ District Council headquarters at 9:15 A.M. The Tribune also reports that Sen. Barack Obama “said yesterday in…

I’ve been slammed this week with other work so I apologize for letting this slip pass me, because this is a very big deal. KWMU reports: The Missouri Board of Education has voted unanimously to…

Barack Obama, Father Pfleger, Hillary Clinton

The SLPS Administrative Facilities Committee has been discussing the possibility of school consolidations as a means of better utilization of school funds. Gundlach, Lyon, Mark Twain, Meramec, Mitchell, Shenandoah, Simmons, Blow and Wilkinson Early Childhood…

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…

State Rep. Rachel Storch, fresh off her 4-to-1 defeat of real estate heir Mike Roberts, Jr., has turned her attention back towards her other role: that of chairwoman of the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee,…

At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Political Fix Blog we learn that it’s not just the Ron Paul-ites getting particular over cherry picking delegates to send to the convention. The Clintonistas are giving their rolls a…