From left: Bermudez, Montee and Hispanic Chamber president Jorge Riopedre with the Kindle

ST. LOUIS — While State Auditor Susan Montee lost a laptop and other personal items when her car was broken into at Forest Park last month, she was at least…

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When he took office, Gov. Jay Nixon pledged to clean-up the process of awarding management contracts for motor vehicle fee offices, which have long been used as political chits in both parties.

So it should come as no surprise that when…

ST. LOUIS — State Auditor Susan Montee’s news conference on Tuesday lasted well over an hour, but it wasn’t because reporters were peppering her with questions.

Instead, many of the questions — and discourse– came from members…

State Auditor Susan Montee’s full audit report on the St. Louis Health Department can be found here.

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ST. LOUIS — More than a year and a half ago, members of the local Green Party submitted a petition urging State Auditor Susan Montee to investigate the lead-paint poisoning prevention program at City Hall.

The Greens were successful — but, under state…

ST. LOUIS — Note to future Democratic event planners: Don’t let the featured speaker compete against the featured meal.

Moments after Claire McCaskill warned against complacency at the state party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising event Saturday night, the…

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ST. LOUIS — The office of city Treasurer Larry Williams is expected to comment soon on word of layoffs in the department.

Both the Arch City Chronicle and St. Louis Beacon have reported on a “tweet” by Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed…

Nixon and Sebelius at a governors summit last month

President Barack Obama’s latest pick for his cabinet will give Show-Me Democrats a familiar and friendly in the administration.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, tapped by the White House to serve as Health and Human…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan booked the House Agriculture Committee room to raise  a glass to fellow St. Louisans in town for Tuesday’s presidential inauguration.

From the guests inside, it might as well have been Beffa’s…

A state audit released today says that, for many employees in the city’s parking division, coming to work can be a family affair.

Of the roughly 200 employees in the city’s Treasurer’s office — which oversees the city garages and parking…