Bond

ST. LOUIS — U.S. Sen. Kit Bond’s farewell tour hit Busch Stadium yesterday, where the retiring Republican joined play-by-play man John Rooney in the broadcast booth during the Cardinals matinee loss against the Houston Astros.

On the air, Bond, a life-long Redbirds…

Ike Skelton

As a veteran member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton enjoys a powerful committee post and seniority befitting a lawmaker first elected the same year Jimmy Carter won the White House.

But will the tenured Democrat soon face something that he hasn’t…

Truman

President Barack Obama has just announced the slew of programs that could lose funding in his 2010 budget — including a scholarship program honoring the 33rd president, Missouri favorite son Harry S Truman.

The cut — just $1 million — seems…

WASHINGTON — They were on the campaign trail. They were at the Democratic convention.

So why shouldn’t Barack Obama’s quixotic rural cheering squad –  “Rednecks for Obama” — make it to the inauguration?

The crew did indeed, packing up their Jimmy truck and…

DENVER — The compliments were flowing from the Missouri Delegation tonight, as they left the Pepsi Center still enamored with Hillary Clinton’s keynote speech.

“She had to do it, and she did it,” said U.S. Rep Ike Skelton, an early Clinton supporter.

St.…

DENVER — Spotted in the middle of button shopping, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the influential House Armed Services Committee, took some time to give his take on the Democratic ticket.

Skelton, a super delegate, was originally a Hillary Clinton supporter. …

U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, is now in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s corner for president.

Skelton has been one of Missouri’s seven neutral superdelegates. He told the Associated Press that he’s supporting Clinton, D-N.Y.,  ”because of her support in rural America, her commitment to…