On the Trail

After the Board of Freeholders formed in September 2019, some supporters of the process were bullish that the 19-member panel could recommend significant…

Right before he was sworn in as a judge on the Missouri Supreme Court, Edward “Chip” Robertson met with the speaker of Puerto Rico's House, who told him…

Eric Schmitt was the first person in his immediate family to go to college — let alone get a law degree. So it’s not surprising that Schmitt said he…

When historians look back at Missouri politics in 2019, they may get whiplash from all the twists, turns, scandals and controversies.These past 12 months…

It would be easy to chalk up the delay in seating St. Louis’ Board of Freeholders nominees to dysfunction and gridlock — perhaps showcasing the inability…

Many people around the country saw Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson as the catalyst behind a new civil rights movement.But, even with the Ferguson…

In many respects, Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision taking partisan gerrymandering cases out of the purview of federal courts has a mixed impact for…

Gov. Mike Parson just finished up his first legislative session as governor. And by any objective measure, it was a good one for the GOP chief…

When proponents of a city-county merger rolled out their long-awaited proposal in January, they thought they had everything in place for success.They had…

As the GOP-controlled Legislature seeks to undo a new state legislative redistricting system, some are pointing to the plan’s potential negative impact on…