Josh Hawley

Some attendees of the Missouri Republican Party Lincoln Days said contested primaries for statewide posts are part of a new reality of the state becoming dominated by the GOP.

A Republican candidate for attorney general called the governor’s efforts to pressure a political organization to support Andrew Bailey "egregious and potentially illegal."

An amendment that extended the funding and expanded it to include parts of St. Louis did not make it into the final defense funding bill. Now St. Louis-area advocates are figuring out their next steps.

The turnabout from the St. Louis County prosecutor means U.S. Rep. Cori Bush will have a credible opponent in next year’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary.

The Cass County Republican says any efforts to pass the National Defense Authorization Act will likely be stymied if the government shuts down on Sunday.

Thousands flocked to Sedalia in central Missouri for the annual Missouri State Fair.

With Missouri's 2024 primaries less than a year away, political hopefuls are attempting to sway voters into their corners ahead of the election.

The Republican senator teamed up with Democrats on a proposal that could compensate people sickened by radioactive waste in the St. Louis area.

Private companies and the federal government for decades failed to take actions to protect St. Louis residents from nuclear waste, an investigation by The Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press found.

Nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region dates back to the 1940s. Documents show leaders of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, which processed uranium in St. Louis, knew of the contamination risks in 1949.