Supporters of Francis Slay converged on St. Louis University’s new basketball arena Friday, helping the mayor’s full-court fundraising press for 2009.

Slay has quietly amassed a robust re-election war chest, making the prospect of challenging him next year increasingly formidable. The…

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…

Sen. Delbert Scott, R-Lowry City, stunned onlookers today when he called for toned-down rhetoric on the immigration debate and argued against prohibiting illegal immigrants from attending state colleges.

As a Senate committee was about to vote on a bill that…

State Sen. Jeff Smith went to the capital two years ago known mostly as the plucky political newcomer whose narrow congressional defeat filled a cheer-for-the-underdog documentary.

But the St. Louis Democrat is also a professor, and since arriving in office has brought a…

Senate Democrats apparently won’t try to block the nomination of Democrat Kevin Gunn to the Public Service Commission.

Senators have been upset with Gunn because he was going to be their star candidate in the race to succeed Sen. Mike…

Rodney Hubbard’s push to earn enough money to appear on the air seems to have worked: the State Senate hopeful hit the small screen last night, even though filing in his race has not closed yet.

Hubbard’s commercial was shown in…

Friday morning is busy today on the Web. Here’s some interesting offerings:

– State Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, has sent out a detailed account of why he felt he had to back off his slated appearance on the Stephen…

State Sen. Jeff Smith announced late yesterday he opposes keeping former opponent Derio Gambaro on the State Board of Education.

The move should come as no surprise: Smith expressed misgivings when Gov. Matt Blunt made the appointment in June. But, because the appointment…

Various sources tell Political Fix that state Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, has dropped plans to appear this month on Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” with Stephen Colbert.The reason: the writers’ strike is still going on.

The Colbert Report is among…

As reported on the mother ship, state Rep. John Bowman, D-Northwoods, pleaded guilty this morning “to a charge relating to a credit card scam and agreed to resign his office.”

However, because the plea is to a misdemeanor, Bowman will…