2008

According to numbers released today by the Missouri Office of Administration, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County are heading towards more population losses. St. Louis City, which has seen a small population…

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A group of young Democrats celebrating a George W. Bush speech? It must be his last State of the Union speech ever. The Young Democrats of Greater St. Louis say they will be “rejoicing” watching…

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…

CNN is projecting Barack Obama will win the State of Georgia with close to twice as many votes as Hillary Clinton. According to exit polls, Obama won women, men, and all age groups other than…

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…

John Edwards is out. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Over the weekend, former Senator Jean Carnahan joined current Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill and announced her endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President. “While I know and admire all the Democrats running for president, I…

Reporter Lucas Hudson interviews Mayor Francis Slay in this week’s issue of the Vital VOICE. From Hudson’s intro: The city’s sweltering racial thermometer portends an all-out political meltdown as Mayor Francis Slay was booed right…

The 2008 Most Endangered Historic Places List Announcement will take place at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Fairfax (the James Collier Marshall House) at 9407 Manchester Road in Rock Hill, MO. This property is…