By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
• April 2, 2024
Anyone who procrastinated on filing for political office will get another chance to enter the Aug. 6 primary in a handful of contests.
Late withdrawals from four congressional races, four state House...
By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent
• April 2, 2024
State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has abandoned her run for Congress and instead filed to join the crowded GOP primary for Missouri Secretary of State.
Coleman, an attorney and first-term Republican...
Sixth District St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas will face one challenger in the Republican primary this August.
The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 6. The General Election is Tuesday, Nov....
A Missouri Senate committee debated a bill that would ban school districts from discussing any topic or curriculum “similar to critical race theory or the 1619 Project" on March 5.
Last year, bills...
Sixth District St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas will face one challenger in the Republican primary this August.
The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 6. The General Election is Tuesday, Nov....
The pitch feels noble, visceral: Prevent newborns from being discarded in dumpsters, and do it in a way that shields the mother and protects her anonymity while safeguarding the baby’s health and future.
In...
By Quinn Coffman, Missouri Independent
• February 27, 2024
With daylight saving time arriving March 10, a House committee heard a bill Wednesday that would stop the clock once and for all.
If passed, it would align Missouri with a group of 19 other states intent...
The Safe Haven Baby Box has seen its first drop-off nearly six months after being installed at a Mehlville Fire Protection District engine house in Oakville.
The baby box, the first in Missouri, was installed...
Ameren Missouri is planning to build a new natural gas plant at the location of the former coal plant in south St. Louis County.
The proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center would only be used as a backup...
Missourians voted in 2013 to return control of the St. Louis police department to local officials, ending more than 150 years of state oversight.
And almost immediately, state lawmakers began pushing...
