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05.11.2008 12:53 am

Nixon and Clay: New BFF (Best Friends Forever)

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon’s statement Friday in opposition to the proposed state constitutional requiring a photo ID at the polls has had one swift political impact:

It’s put Nixon on great terms with eastern Missouri’s most powerful African-American politician: U.S. Rep.…

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05.07.2008 3:51 pm

UPDATED: “Women for Hubbard” met at the Met in March

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATED: Because of some type of computer glitch, I received this invitation about six weeks late — the event was actually March.
While his rivals clash over who lives where, state Rep. Rodney Hubbard continues to court supporters in a creative way.…

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05.06.2008 4:04 pm

El-Amin corrals support of congressman, alderman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin today announced the support of U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay and Alderman Frank Willamson.

Incumbent state legislators usually don’t take the time to shore up endorsements - that’s because, unless they are afflicted by scandal or are seen as…

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04.07.2008 11:10 am

Gephardt’s alter-ego: The caped crusader?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

At Saturday night’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner, honoree Dick Gephardt confessed to having a face that many Americans know - though they are sometimes not quite sure from where.

Gephardt acknowledged he has been mistaken for the weather man, and even Dan…

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04.06.2008 2:19 am

Live from Jeff-Jack, it’s Saturday night

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Democrats held their annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on Saturday night, honoring a trio of party stalwarts and gearing up for the November election.

Receiving the “Legacy of Leadership” nod were three lions of Show-Me politics: Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan and Bill…

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03.25.2008 2:20 pm

Labor strife leads Dems to change dinner venue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Democratic Party will move its signature gala away from the America’s Center because of the facility’s dispute with unions.

On Monday, the downtown St. Louis convention center locked out three locals representing audio-visual workers, the culmination of 16-months…

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03.17.2008 12:24 pm

Lions club: Three senior Dems highlight Jeff-Jack dinner

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A trio of three former members of Congress highlight the Missouri Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner next month.

Speaking under the the theme of “Legacy of Leadership,” this year’s edition of the gala will feature a former U.S. Senator, Jean…

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03.14.2008 6:14 am

Still here, Huckleberry: Clay, El-Amins salute saved Twain school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What’s that famous Mark Twain line - “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated?”

Make that double for the city school that bears his name, which this week escaped the district chopping block.

The Special Administrative Board now running the…

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03.06.2008 2:40 pm

Congressional field trip offers homecoming for Waters

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters - a city native and Vashon High grad - will be here this weekend for a Congressional field hearing that explores the use of federal development dollars.

Waters, chair of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity,…

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02.14.2008 1:13 pm

Clay’s Clemens questions hints at other baseball controversy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lacy Clay’s question for hurler Roger Clemens at yesterday’s Congressional hearing may have seemed like a softball, but it actually touched on another baseball controversy - one not quite as hot as performance-enhancing drugs, though compelling all the same.

Clay is a…

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