The Democratic Party’s push to re-gain the White House is slowly but surely drifting from the nomination process to the November election.

But are the unions already there?

The Missouri AFL-CIO, along with the state’s bricklayers’ union, announced today that…

Gov. Matt Blunt has named a replacement for St. Louis County Judge Barbara Ann Crancer — who takes with her from the bench a little slice of labor lore.

Crancer, 70, retired at the beginning of the month, nearly 20 years after…

To some African-American politicians in the city, Mayor Francis Slay has been radioactive since the ouster of former Fire Chief Sherman George.

But not to State Rep. Rodney Hubbard, who is running for State Senate in a district that includes some…

Usually around this time, we receive news releases from candidates boasting about their latest endorsement.

But today, State Rep. Connie Johnson sent out a note highlighting whose backing she doesn’t want.

Johnson, seeking the 5^th District Senate Seat, has informed the St. Louis…

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…

This just in from state Rep. Jeff Harris’ campaign for the Democratic bid for Missouri attorney general:

“Former Missouri House Democratic Leader and Democratic candidate for Attorney General Jeff Harris has received the endorsement of the Missouri State Council of Machinists.”

State…

WASHINGTON – Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the lone GOP hopeful who can boast of labor backing, will be in one of the nation’s leading labor towns — St. Louis — today for several campaign events.

Around noon today, the former Arkansas…

A group called Missourians for Quality Home Care just called to say it  filed a ballot initiative petition today to create “a Quality Home Care Council.”

The group says the council would be “a consumer-led body that would make it easier for consumers…

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…

Chris Benjamin, who until recently was a top  Republican aide in the Missouri House,  is expected to announce next week that he will run for the state Senate  – as a Democrat.

Benjamin will make an announcement on Monday, according…