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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Today is the first day of candidate filing for Illinois’ Feb. 2 primary election, a bi-annual Springfield ritual that has candidates or their representatives (usually the latter) lining up in…

Clay

While President Barack Obama’s new Nobel Peace Prize is causing some political consternation, U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay has nothing but praise.

In a statement issued this morning, the St. Louis Democrat said the honor marks a “proud day for America.” From the…

The Shimkus shuffle?

No, he didn’t heckle the president, but Collinsville Republican U.S. Rep. John Shimkus has garnered some attention for his actions during the president’s health care address to Congress last night.

Shimkus walked out of the speech sometime before…

Kinder

ST. LOUIS — President Barack Obama is planning a televised address next week for students that will be beamed into the nation’s classrooms.

An appropriate session of civics — or a state-subsidized political advertisement?

Count Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, the only statewide GOP…

Neal

Controversy is already brewing about President Barack Obama’s scheduled beer summit today with Harvard professor Louis Henry Gates and the police officer that arrested him earlier this month.

The issue?

Obama’s choice of beverage, the longtime St. Louis export, Bud Light.

Budweiser, of course, is…

Mike Stark, a correspondent with the left-leaning news site Firedoglake, went around Capitol Hill recently asking Republican lawmakers their thoughts on those who continue to question President Barack Obama’s place of birth.

Stark’s video was released today.

Here’s…

St. Louis and a handful of suburbs will get about $12.6 million in federal economic stimulus funds designed to help cities avoid laying off police officers, the Obama administration announced this morning. The grant will fund the salaries of 71 police…

Buehrle is embraced by teammates

Why were all of those guys huddled around the television at your office this afternoon?

They were watching Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle — a St. Charles native and 1997 graduate of Francis Howell North — pitch…

Fox broadcaster and St. Louisan Joe Buck was not in easy position last night interviewing President Barack Obama during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Busch Stadium.

Taking it too easy on the president could come off…

Obama leaves the White House today

President Barack Obama knows that, to be successful, a pitcher, like a president, has to mix it up.

That’s why the commander-in-chief will headline two very different events as he prepares to come to town tonight.

The president…