When announcing Barack Obama’s stop at a Cape Girardeau clothing factory yesterday, his Democratic ally Claire McCaskill said the appearance would focus on “the losses that working people have suffered” under a Republican president.

But you can be sure that the state GOP…

Senate business has forced Barack Obama to cancel an appearance today in Kentucky, but his stop in Missouri appears on track.

The Southeast Missourian, quoting sources closed to Obama ally Claire McCaskill, says that the Illinois Senator rushed back to Capitol…

 U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., reports that she and several other Democratic members of Missouri’s congressional delegation gathered today to mark the late President Harry S Truman’s birthday in the room that changed his life.

 As McCaskill reports:

“On the night…

All that hoopla about Sen. Barack Obama’s money-raising success doesn’t mean that the Democratic presidential frontrunner no longer  needs cash.

That, in effect, is the underlying message of the “all star list” of Missouri Democrats who are headlining a pro-Obama fundraiser Friday…

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…

In a conference call from Beijing, Gov. Matt Blunt told reporters yesterday evening - Thursday morning in China - that he has no qualms with the country hosting this summer’s Olympics.

Blunt kept his overseas chat brief, focusing mostly on the…

When Gov. Matt Blunt last went out of town, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder joked about the plum positions he would dole out during his temporary promotion.

But now that Blunt is once more away from Jefferson City, and Kinder again acting governor, his…

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…

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…