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07.09.2009 9:03 pm

Championing urban national parks

Laurie Skrivan/Post-Dispatch

Laurie Skrivan/Post-Dispatch

St. Louis is on today’s itinerary for Ken Salazar, the former Democratic senator from Colorado whom President Barack Obama appointed as the nation’s 50th Secretary of the Interior.

It’s a stop in a series of low-key visits the secretary is…

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03.22.2009 9:02 pm

MoDOT stimulus project list flouts federal law

MoDOT Director Pete Rahn (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

MoDOT Director Pete Rahn (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

Congress has assured the American people that it will police the massive appropriation of stimulus money — almost $40 billion — set aside for transportation projects in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,…

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03.17.2009 9:03 pm

MoDOT takes low road with stimulus funds

Missouri Govenor Jay Nixon, left, and MoDOT Director Peter Rahn (Laurie Skrivan | Post-Dispatch)

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, left, and MoDOT Director Peter Rahn (Laurie Skrivan | Post-Dispatch)

Missouri’s Highways and Transportation Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday afternoon to divvy up more than $400 million in federal stimulus money allocated to Missouri…

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