Jeff Smith

Pleas for higher pay come after violent attack on a corrections officer.

The 1st Congressional District was created with the help of Black Democrats and Republicans. But not everyone finds that arrangement to be beneficial to Black Missourians.

Updated 2:43 p.m., Sept. 15 with audio from "St. Louis on the Air" - If you’ve developed even a fleeting interest in St. Louis politics, then you probably…

After bursting onto the Missouri political scene in 2004 during a daring bid to replace retiring U.S. Congressman Dick Gephardt, Jeff Smith seemed like he…

On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies chat with former Missouri state Sen.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 2, 2013: More than two years after former state Sen. Jeff Smith finished his prison sentence for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 28, 2012 - More than three years after a federal campaign-finance probe destroyed then-state…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 6, 2012 - Former state Sen. Jeff Smith, who lost his political career over a felony conviction,…

A former St. Louis Democratic political operative has been indicted in connection with a 2008 Clayton bombing that injured a lawyer.After nearly a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 31, 2011 - Two years ago Wednesday, two FBI agents showed up on then-state Rep. Steve Brown's…