Urban Dictionary: Hatorade-“Drinking a tall glass of Hatorade is what you do when you become a commercial success and are accused of being a sellout by those who remain unsuccessful and therefore jealous. It’s very refreshing!” The St. Louis American – which has a Sam’s Club equivalent of “Hatorade” going on for Antonio French and […]

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By Chris Houston LINN COUNTY – While there was no shortage of certainty and self-assurance when Governor Matt Blunt recently signed Missouri’s Castle Doctrine into law, there is still ample room for doubt when it comes to the legal limits of self-defense. In a definitive statement about the Castle Doctrine (Senate Bill 62), the Missouri […]

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Porkbusters.org, a blog that covers transparency in government spending, recently released the Earmark Reform Index, which ranks U.S. senators on their propensity to support wasteful government spending (or “pork,” as it’s commonly known). To compile the data, the group looked at 12 house votes between 2005 and 2007, opportunities where senators had the chance to […]

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Jay Nixon’s campaign for Governor sent me this statement in response to a new ad running targeting the Attorney General on abortion: Read more…

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By Roxana Tiron Freshman Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a former prosecutor and Missouri state auditor, is planning to offer several amendments to the defense authorization bill in an effort to curb contracting mismanagement and abuse in Iraq. The new member of the Senate Armed Services Committee is coming into her own, drawing on her auditor […]

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By Sarah Brodsky When schools hire teachers for a new school year, they generally find that some subjects are harder to staff than others. For instance, rural districts might not have enough candidates who are fluent in foreign languages. Another possible shortage area is special education, which calls for patience and dedication beyond what is […]

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President Bush is once again vowing to wield the veto pen if Congress passes legislation calling for a scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within the next year. This time, however, Bush is increasingly alone in his confrontation with Capitol Hill. North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole yesterday became the latest GOP senator to hint […]

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This, of course, is a great thing:    JEFFERSON CITY–Gov. Matt Blunt today signed an executive order launching the Missouri Accountability Portal (MAP), a free, Internet-based tool that provides easy to use data about state spending. The new site will help ensure that state government is accountable to its citizens. “Missourians deserve openness in state […]

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Mayor Slay has been out of the news lately-it works sometimes Funkhouser, try it-but this morning I noticed this at the News-Leader: The St. Louis circuit attorney’s office is changing philosophies. Now, the best prosecutors are going after the worst criminals in the hopes of better combating crime. Well, duh. Only in St. Louis can […]

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