John Shimkus

WASHINGTON — Rep. John Shimkus., had an update for us today on his progress in reading the 1,990-page Democratic health-care reform bill: He’s on page 1,219.

What he has read thus far hasn’t changed his mind.

“This public option is really…

Edward Liddy

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Rep. William L. Clay, D-St. Louis, offered to pose a question or two from Political Fix readers when he got his turn today to question American International Group CEO Edward Liddy in Clay’s House Financial Services subcommittee today.

Some who responded to…

Hey Fixers, you probably realize we have seven journalists in Washington to cover today’s inauguration. Our coverage can all be found here, at STLtoday.com/obama. Also, please note that we’re producing an Extra Edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today commemorating the inauguration.…

My colleague and friend Jo Mannies, Missouri’s best political reporter, has decided to retire from fulltime work at the newspaper.

But — thank God! — she’s not leaving the Post-Dispatch or Political Fix, the state’s leading political blog, which she founded.

Jo will continue to…

Want to get the latest on tonight’s debate? Keep your browser open to:

http://www.stltoday.com/politics

That page is the home for our debate coverage. You’ll see live videos from Washington University, the site of the debate, as well as links to this blog,…

Christopher Ave, Post-Dispatch political editor here. We’ve added several new online features to help you stay connected to the national political conventions. I wanted to discuss two of them.

First, our reporters are using a tool called Twitter to deliver quick observations.…

Good afternoon Fixers. I wanted to give you the inside scoop on our coverage plans.

You can keep your browser turned to http://www.stltoday.com/conventions all night long for coverage of the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. On that page, you’ll find links to our Political Fix…

From time to time, we’d like to give you Fixers an opportunity to share your thoughts on each convention (not that you’re normally shy about expressing yourselves). So here goes: What do you think? What has stuck out for you? What…

Pardon the interruption. I just wanted to suggest that as you watch former President Clinton tonight on television, turn your browser to our convention page at:

http://www.stltoday.com/conventions

That way, you can catch our reporters’ blog posts, Twitter feed and video clips while…

Then fire up that television! But remember to keep your computer on and your browser turned to:

 http://www.stltoday.com/conventions

If you do, you can read live blogging and Twitter feeds from our reporters in Denver, who will get instant reactions to the speeches…