Lawmakers had a light day today, as many left early because of the impending snowstorm.

One item of business, though, was recognizing that today is Rep. John Bowman Sr.’s last day in the House. Representatives gave Bowman a warm ovation…

Shamed Dogan, a Republican candidate for state representative in the region’s 88th District, is holding a fundraising party at Mandarin at 6 p.m. Friday.

As Dogan put it in an email: ”It’s not every day a GOP candidate has an event at a…

Firefighters IAFF Local 2665 and the Missouri State Council of Firefighters have announced that they are endorsing Steve Brown for state representative in the 73rd District.

That contest is a particularly spirited one. Also running is Stacey Newman and Gina Mitten.

The latest…

(This is from our new intern, Lee Logan, who’s run into one of those eternal “technical problems” that prevented him from posting this himself. )

The Missouri Senate took the first step Wednesday toward repealing a controversial “village law,” with a…

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…

“The Missourian,” a mystery figure who’s obviously a Democrat, just posted a new YouTube video that marks the new legislative session by jabbing at the Republican legislative leaders (with muted tweaks at their Democratic counterparts) and Gov. Matt Blunt.

It’s…

Here’s the good and bad news for all Political Fix readers.

On Sunday, noone — not even I — will be able to post anything new on Political Fix or any other Post-Dispatch blogs. That’s because our crack tech experts…

The day before the Legislature reconvenes and less than a week before the next campaign finance reports are due, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon is proposing to impose limits on how much legislative and party committees can spend.

In a…

Gov. Matt Blunt offered strong praise today for the Missouri Department of Transportation and St. Louis motorists, for their handling of the now five-day-old shutdown of Highway 40.

For his part, Blunt — in town for several public events –…

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said today that she’s not ready to endorse a candidate for president, and left it up in the air whether she would before Missouri’s Feb. 5 primary.

But as she has for months, McCaskill couldn’t…