Neal

Controversy is already brewing about President Barack Obama’s scheduled beer summit today with Harvard professor Louis Henry Gates and the police officer that arrested him earlier this month.

The issue?

Obama’s choice of beverage, the longtime St. Louis export, Bud Light.

Budweiser, of course, is…

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley and Bill Corrigan, his likely Republican opponent in the November, 2010 election for the office, are raising money at a fast pace, campaign finance reports said.

Dooley, a Democrat, reported raising $320,764.69 between April 1 and…

Slay

While the new bosses on Pestalozzi Street have been criticized for appearing chintzy in their interaction with the community, Anheuser-Busch InBev remains committed to helping local political campaigns.

Even if the timing is a bit head-scratching.

Anheuser-Busch made a $5,000 campaign contribution to Mayor…

WASHINGTON — To many college students, beer and the NCAA basketball tournament are like peas and carrots or Ramen Noodles and all-nighters.

Which, to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, is a problem and one worsened by alcohol ads…

JEFFERSON CITY — A federal judge today made sure Missouri Tigers fans who weren’t hitting the refrigerator during time outs were able to see television ads in opposition to a proposed new nuclear plant.

The ads were paid for by large…

Conn. Gov. M. Jodi Rell

Having already predicted a stellar season for Mizzou, Tiger fan-in-chief Jay Nixon is stepping it up a notch.

For Saturday’s big basketball game against the University of Connecticut, the Missouri governor entered into a friendly wager with…

Hamilton

Post-Dispatch gossip guru Deb Peterson has the scoop about a St. Louis lobbyist whose car was stolen from outside his home near Forest Park — then used to pull over other drivers down the road.

Lou Hamilton, a well-known City Hall insider who’s represented…

Dooley

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley late this afternoon reacted to the announcement of that Anheuser-Busch Inbev would eliminate about 1,000 jobs in St. Louis. In a statement, he promised to work with regional leaders to “reposition our local economy” to…

Nixon

Gov. elect Jay Nixon has weighed on in the layoffs at Anheuser-Busch InBev, that will see 1,400 layoffs company wide, with three-fourths of them in St. Louis.

Nixon said “our thoughts and prayers” are with the workers and their families.

“As these workers…

Mayor Francis Slay is pointing to today’s massive job cuts at Anheuser-Busch InBev — 1,400 company wide, about three-fourths of which are in St. Louis — to call on president-elect Barack Obama to jump start the economy soon.

“This is a very painful day…