We’re a bit late with this - busy day, plus a certain sports columnist might have crashed the server with his popularity - but on Monday U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay announced that he is endorsing State Rep. Rodney Hubbard in his bid for a…

Laura Denvir Stith, chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court of Missouri, addressed the opening luncheon Thursday at the joint annual meeting of The Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference of Missouri.

(To read her remarks, click here. )

The…

Just before the Cardinals wrapped up their home schedule on Sunday, the team’s owners scored a victory off the field with the announcement that Centene Corp. will be moving its world headquarters to Ballpark Village.

The move is a direct result…

Blogger Antonio French announced today that he will be running the State Senate race for State Rep. Rodney Hubbard.

Though French has worked on other campaigns, such as Lewis Reed’s successful bid for President of the Board Aldermen, I’m not sure he has…

A few months ago, I veered slightly off my beat path to place a call to a Metro East class action attorney, Jeff Cooper.

The reason was this: Cooper’s firm, SimmonsCooperLLC, donated $16,000 to Mayor Francis Slay at the end of…

With Redbirds skipper Tony La Russa falling just short with the National League in last night’s All-Star Game, we only have one midsummer classic to go before the game comes to St. Louis in 2009.

Besides all the sports hoopla associated…

Hey, where is everybody?

Summer is slow enough for political wags, but this week, bifurcated by the holiday, left us looking for any sizzle left among the bottle rockets.

Alas, we found only a few sparklers, notes from the week…

While three State House reps have already made the first steps towards running for the 5^th District Senate seat, a fourth says she is considering her options.

State Rep. Connie L. Johnson told me that she, too, is mulling the possibility of…

We mentioned earlier that State Rep. Tom Villa was considering entering the 5^th District Senate race.

Perhaps he was listening.

On Monday, Villa amended his campaign committee with the Ethics Commission to indicate he intends to seek the Senate post. The move by no…