Washington University’s commencement ceremony might be getting all the ink, but it’s not the only show in town.

Webster University will honor its class of 2008 on Saturday with help from speaker Bob Kerrey, the former U.S. Senator and governor…

Two of Missouri Democrats’ remaining six unpledged superdelegates — state Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, and Leila Medley, political director for the Missouri chapter of the National Education Association — are reviewing their options in the wake of Tuesday’s presidential primary results.…

Here’s what the Young Democrats in St. Louis are doing this evening:

State Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, says he’s spent 3-4 hours a day lately making calls into Indiana on behalf of his choice for president, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Smith, who’d called yours truly on another matter, said his key…

U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., just fired off an e-mail in which he proposes to ”provide immediate relief to families struggling with high gas prices by suspending oil deliveries to the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Preserve (SPR).”

Bond sees that approach as…

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…

As expected, the Missouri Democratic Party’s state committee met today (Saturday) and selected Attorney General Jay Nixon and State Auditor Susan Montee as the party’s two additional superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

The two join 14 selected earlier.   The previous crowd had…

Veteran political consultant Dick Morris is enamored enough with Sarah Steelman’s anti-terror policies that he traveled across the country to deliver a campaign speech, gratis, without ever having met her.

Morris’ opinion of her Republican primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof? Eh,…

Could an anti-affirmative action amendment on the state’s November ballot impact the presidential election?

Missouri is one of five states - joining Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma - targeted by a group pushing a ballot question that would end racial or…

The annual Fat Tuesday procession was canceled this week because of inclement weather.

But Mardi Gras revelers weren’t the only to have it rain on their parade Tuesday.

Deadlines and lack of sleep have kept me from blogging this earlier,…