County Citizens for Cleaner Air, the campaign committee that helped persuade St. Louis County voters on Nov. 3 to impose a ban on smoking in almost all indoor public places, has closed.

The group recently filed a report with the Missouri…

Candidates wait in the rain to file Monday in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As the Post-Dispatch reported today, hundreds of politicians and political wannabes filed nominating petitions yesterday to get on the Feb. 2 primary election ballot.

It was the first day…

Supporters and opponents of a ban on smoking in public indoor areas that is on the Nov. 3 ballot in St. Louis County have together have raised less than $20,000, campaign finance reports show.

State law required the two groups…

Civic Progress, the organization of the major businesses and banks in the St. Louis region, is the main financial supporter of a campaign for a 0.1-cent sales tax for an emergency communications system in St. Louis County. The proposal will…

Charles Gatton

Tom Sullivan

Campaign committees for and against a smoking ban in public indoor places in St. Louis County registered last Thursday with the St. Louis County Election Board. Voters will consider the issue at a special election Nov. 3.

Citizens for…

Charlie Dooley

Bill Corrigan

UPDATE: A meeting that was rumored to happen last Saturday involving St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley on Monday drew criticism from Bill Corrigan, a Republican running for Dooley’s job.

Corrigan said in a statement that the session involved…

University City Mayor Joe Adams raised from April through June nearly four times as much money than State Rep. Theodore “Ted” Hoskins, D-Berkeley, a competitor for the Democratic nomination for state senator from the 14th district, campaign finance reports show.

But Hoskins…

The Democratic primary for state senator in the 24th District in August 2010 shapes up as an expensive contest.

Dr. Sam Page of Creve Coeur, who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor last year, has $152,517.31 in his campaign war…

KIRKWOOD – Healthy Air for Kirkwood, the sponsor of an initiative to ban smoking in indoor public places, has raised $830 and spent $33.56 thus far, a campaign finance report says. Voters will consider the proposal in November.

The report has…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois Senate committee this afternoon passed a landmark bill that would impose the first campaign contribution limits in Illinois history - which could fundamentally change the political landscape of a state that has seen its last…