Steven Tilley

Wildwood-based Torch Electronics, which is accused of operating illegal gambling machines in Missouri, made six $40,000 donations this week to a constellation of political action committees run by its lobbyist, former House speaker Steve Tilley.

The line of questioning revealed in deposition records provides fresh details into an FBI probe that's transfixed state and local politics ever since news of it surfaced in 2019.

Updated at 3 p.m. on Thursday to detail Senate action on nonbinding merger resolution.In a Capitol building often defined by division, state Rep. Peter…

House Speaker Todd Richardson’s legislative career is full of defied expectations.Before he was elected to House leadership, Richardson helped bring…

On this week's edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies are pleased to host a special edition*…

If there was one big lesson that John Lamping learned during his tenure in the Missouri Senate, it was that it’s very difficult to pass a bill – but very…

On this week’s extra edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back former Missouri House Speaker…

(Updated 1 p.m., Wed., Feb. 11)By a voice vote, the Missouri House gave first round-approval Wednesday to a bill to bar construction unions and employers…

When Republican Steve Tilley was speaker of the Missouri House, he flatly told fellow Republicans that he would not bring up any bills to make Missouri a…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - Former state House Speaker Steve Tilley, R-Perryville, and prominent St. Louis businessman…