Proposition A

Missouri voters rejected the right-to-work measure on Tuesday, delivering a big blow to a priority of the GOP-controlled legislature and powerful business…

“Do the people of the state of Missouri want to adopt Senate Bill 19 ("Right-to-Work") … ?”So begins Proposition A, which if passed would make Missouri…

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a significant legal blow to public-sector unions earlier this week with its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, an Illinois…

St. Louis’ Recorder of Deeds office is in the crosshairs in Tuesday’s election, when voters will have to decide whether to eliminate the agency, which…

The process of turning control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over to City Hall begins today.Ald. Craig Schmid, the chair of the public…

St. Louis is one of the few cities in the U.S. that does not control its own police department.On Tuesday, Missouri voters will decide whether the city…

In the first of four discussions as part of our town hall meeting about statewide ballot issues we take a look at Proposition A, concerning local control…

Since last fall, the St. Louis Police Officers Association has supported a ballot initiative to bring local control of the department back to the city.But…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 11, 2011 - After Illinois lawmakers woke up to the realization that they needed to raise taxes…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 22, 2010 - In the divisive, sometimes heated rhetoric campaign over the earnings tax proposition…