2008

Another night, another senseless shooting in St. Louis. So far this year, more that 140 people have been killed — and hundreds more have been wounded. Few of these acts of violence are ever solved.…

Kansas City’s The Pitch is reporting that Democrat Attorney General candidate Molly Korth Williams may be a plant. In an article by David Martin, The Pitch insinuates that A.G. candidate State Senator Chris Koster has…

Reporters at Congressional Quarterly Online are taking a peak at some Missouri Republican strongholds that may be ripe for the picking by Democrat insurgents. CQ singles out two prime House races in the sixth district,…

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…

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…

We’re heading to the Mile High City next week for the Democratic National Convention. We’ll be following the Missouri delegation, as well as the action inside and outside of the Convention as the world prepares…

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon today announced his intention to appoint Mr. Kelvin L. Simmons, a Kansas City businessman, as the head of the Office of Administration beginning in January. Mr. Simmons, who has managed multiple state…

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…

Come on down to a Democratic candidates forum in the fightin’ 15th ward. Party representatives will be talking turkey about state and citywide candidates. On Thursday, there will be a discussion on the US Rep…

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.…