Missouri General Assembly

Two former St. Louis aldermen will be among the new lawmakers joining the Missouri General Assembly next year.Fred Wessels, who was the 13th Ward alderman…

You could say that state Rep. Stephen Webber is used to getting questions about how his age parlays with his ability to succeed in politics.While working…

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

As noted last week, Gov.-elect Eric Greitens will have a lot of latitude to bring about major policy changes – thanks to huge Republican majorities in the…

Missouri Republicans Tuesday night experienced their greatest triumph in the Show Me State’s modern history. And Missouri Democrats had arguably their…

State Sen. Scott Sifton knows a thing or two about high-stakes elections.The Affton Democrat took part four years ago in the most competitive legislative…

Updated 4:00 p.m. Sept. 13 with comments from Jane Dueker. — The re-vote in the 78th House District is on.The Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld…

Around 200 demonstrators were in Jefferson City Monday calling for Missouri to adopt a $15 an hour minimum wage and other reforms to help the state's low…

Welcome, one and all, to the fifth anniversary of this reporter’s “five things to look for veto session” stories. Plenty of things happened since the…

Missouri political activists in both parties are mourning the death of former state Sen. Betty Sims, a Republican from Ladue who was a legislative…