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St. Louis Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed paid us a visit this morning, catching us up with various initiatives from his office.

He came with Harry Kennedy in tow, his new legislative director and a longtime Missouri lawmaker.

Mr. Reed ran…

We posted video of Republican candidate Kenny Hulshof talking about his energy policy this week. Here, his Democratic opponent Attorney General Jay Nixon talks about the same subject.

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, the Republican candidate for governor, visited with Post-Dispatch editors and writers this week. You’ll see more about our conversation later, but here’s a part of that conversation that focused on energy.

Mr. Hulshof has…

Emily is 16 years old, doing well in high school and preparing for college.

When she was 11, she had been in foster care for about two years, along with her younger brother Billy, who was then 9.

Emily and Billy were…

With tainted tomatoes and poisonous peppers making headlines this summer, food safety is once again a major public concern.

Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, who heads the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was in St. Louis this week for a meeting with…

Rep. Roy Blunt was in town Friday, and met and talked with the editorial board on many topics — such as national energy policy, the new foreign intelligence surveillance law, healthcare, presidential and vice presidential politics and what it will take…

Federal homelessness czar Philip Mangano came to talk to us today about encouraging data — nationally and in St. Louis — which show steep reductions in the numbers of chronically homeless people on the street — reportedly down 20 percent here…

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) met with the editorial board this afternoon to talk about health care, politics, the Redbirds, and the summer heat.

Click below to hear just one question for Sen. Dick Durbin:

Just one question for Sen. Dick Durbin

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