A.J. Bockelman

Coronavirus concerns have made gathering signatures for ballot items basically impossible, especially with state and local governments placing…

Even though Missouri’s primary elections are a year away, some contests for St. Louis area state legislative seats are beginning to take shape.St. Louis…

The executive director of Missouri’s statewide organization for LGBT equality is leaving his post at the end of October. But it's possible he might later…

The FBI is investigating possible hate crimes in St. Louis after a woman was assaulted last week by three teens near Bevo Mill allegedly because she is…

The average cost of a wedding in Missouri is $22,343. Same-sex marriage is, at least for now, legal in Missouri. So what does that mean, economically?Last…

It’s hardly June, but wedding vendors in Missouri are hearing from lots of couples.Last week both a circuit court judge in St. Louis and federal judge in…

Last week, a federal judge in Kansas City followed a St. Louis judge and struck down Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage.“As it stands right now, marriage…

(Updated 11:40 a.m. Friday, June 27)Just a few weeks ago, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster was publicly exhorting Missouri Republicans to change…

With income tax filings already underway, opponents of same-sex marriage have gone to court to block Missouri same-sex couples from filing joint tax…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 28, 2013: Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, the big…