Deb Lavender

With Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens promising to fight for his job, members of both political parties already are focusing on how the governor’s woes —…

As students across Missouri receive their final report cards, the age-old measurement of progress and success, St. Louis Public Radio decided to hand them…

Forty-five bills to Gov. Eric Greitens later, the Missouri General Assembly adjourned Friday having dealt with some high-priority items like right to…

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back state Rep. Deb Lavender to…

Democrats in the Missouri House are calling on Gov.-elect Eric Greitens to keep his campaign promise to clean up Jefferson City.They've pre-filed several…

It's fair to say that Deb Lavender is quite persistent.The Kirkwood Democrat ran unsuccessfully for a state House three times before finally winning…

The Politically Speaking podcast crew this week welcomes a woman who’s literally one of a kind: state Rep-elect Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood.A physical therapist, Lavender appears to have set a modern-day record in the state by running four consecutive times for the same legislative post before winning. She lost bids in 2008, 2010 and 2012 to then-incumbent Rick Stream, R-Kirkwood.

Missouri Democrats took a beating on Tuesday in contests for the Missouri General Assembly, losing even more ground in the Missouri House and Senate —…