Creve Coeur Democrat Andria Simckes announced yesterday that she has tapped a Carnahan family loyalist to lead a team of consultants working her bid for state treasurer.

Marc Farinella was former Gov. Mel Carnahan’s chief staff, ran his — and later wife Jean’s –…

After a lengthy court session, a special judge is poised to issue a ruling this week on whether State Rep. Connie Johnson should stay on the State Senate ballot.

As reported in the Post-Dispatch, court documents and other records suggest that Johnson…

With Judge Douglas Long of Pulaksi County presiding, the case to decide whether State Rep. Connie Johnson can stay on the State Senate ballot got under way this morning in the Carnahan Courthouse downtown.One of Johnson’s two rivals from within…

All that hoopla about Sen. Barack Obama’s money-raising success doesn’t mean that the Democratic presidential frontrunner no longer  needs cash.

That, in effect, is the underlying message of the “all star list” of Missouri Democrats who are headlining a pro-Obama fundraiser Friday…

It’s happened again - another speaker inserting “Osama” when talking about Barack Obama.

This time the offender was former Missouri governor and U.S. Senator John Ashcroft, who was addressing students at Skidmore College in upstate New York last week.

The…

U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, was the first to weigh in today on the congressional vote on the economic stimulus package.

“Many families in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District are struggling to make ends meet,” said Clay.
  “They’re…

The details are still being worked out, but Sen. Barack Obama’s local campaign staff confirmed this afternoon that he’s to be in St. Louis next Saturday for a campaign rally aimed at igniting support for the Feb. 5 primary.

The time…