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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…