Delmar will also be known as "Obama Blvd"

The Board of Aldermen, as expected, approved a bill this morning that honorarily designates Delmar Boulevard for the new commander-in-chief.

“Barack Obama Boulevard” will run from Downtown to the Loop shopping district. All that’s…

Rather than risk any rancor upsetting last Friday’s holiday party at City Hall, aldermen decided against debate on a sticky proposal earlier in the day: The push to dedicate Delmar Boulevard for the president-elect.

Barack Obama’s candidacy — both in the primary…

The push to dedicate a city street to the president-elect passed its first hurdle today, but further roadblocks could lie ahead.

A divided City Hall panel gave preliminary approval to the plan, which would designate Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis as…

President-elect Barack Obama may have narrowly lost Missouri, but if a group of St. Louis officials get their way, he’ll have his own street running through the heart of the city.

The Board of Aldermen has on its agenda for Friday’s meeting a bill…

Lucas Park

When freshman Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett took office last year, she inherited a diverse ward with new construction, trendy restaurants and funky boutiques.

But her predecessor also left her an intractable problem that nobody at City Hall has so far been…

After another bruising primary, the Sixth Ward Democrats will meet for a public fence-mending session this evening.

Officially, the annual Taste of the Sixth Ward combines food from the ward’s restaurants — spots in trendy neighborhoods such as Lafayette Square…

Young Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, who many at City Hall believe is becoming politically what her middle name already suggests, will participate in a discussion panel at next week’s Democratic Convention in Denver.

Triplett, 28, was an early Barack Obama supporter.

In March was…

This weekend’s PrideFest is more than a celebration of the city’s growing LGBT community — it’s a chance to court an important voting bloc.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama — who has made a special effort to reach out to gay and…

A late update on the dust-up surrounding Sixth Ward Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett and her support of State Senate hopeful Rodney Hubbard.

Friday morning, the Hubbard campaign sent a release boasting that the Sixth Ward had endorsed him over primary opponent Robin…

Earlier today, we brought you word that Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett and other Sixth Ward Democrats had endorsed State Senate hopeful Rodney Hubbard over ward resident Robin Wright-Jones at their meeting last night.

“Our membership was very impressed by Rodney’s strong history of getting…