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…

President George W. Bush plans to make good on a promise made last fall, by rescheduling for Friday a tour of the corporate headquarters of World Wide Technology, Inc. in Maryland Heights.

The visit will include a speech by Bush on the…

Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson was on hand Friday night to offer effusive praise of state Rep. Clint Zweifel, D-Florissant, and several area Democratic buddies in the House.

In an interview, Wilson said he’d joined Zweifel for his kickoff of his…

The state Office of Administration just released a new set of population projections for the state of Missouri through 2030.

The projections deal with all 114 counties and the city of St. Louis.

(Click here for the full report.)

The key findings:
–”Missouri’s population is…

More money left the campaign committee of St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley than arrived in the last three months of last year. The committee still has more than $59,000 in its campaign chest.

A campaign finance reported the committee…

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…

(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…

One of the hottest facts to come out of Tuesday’s campaign-finance filings was Gov. Matt Blunt’s failure to return half of the $4.46 million in over-limit donations that he’s promised to give back.

Campaign spokesman, John Hancock,  said then — and…

State Republican Party spokesman Paul Sloca appeared to be in his element this morning, sending out a press release that began with the following:

“In a rude and disrespectful display unbecoming of a statewide official from any political party, an…

Gov. Matt Blunt and his Democratic nemesis, Attorney General Jay Nixon, made their public appeals tonight about the state of the state.

Blunt says times are good. Nixon says they’re not.

For those who missed one or both addresses, here’s your chance…