Ferguson residents will vote on who will serve the city's three wards April 8. Some residents have questioned if one candidate is living in the ward he’s representing.

In addition to passing the budget, a Missouri House committee is slated to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that overturns parts of Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.

The race between Mayor Tishaura Jones and 8th Ward Alderwoman Cara Spencer is a rematch of 2021's, but the political landscape is much different this year.

Kratom industry leaders criticized a provision that potentially allows for highly potent synthetic products to stay on store shelves.

Rhonda Belics is alleging that Dr. Kanika Cunningham told her to lie in response to a Sunshine Law request seeking a secret proposal to euthanize animals at the St. Louis County animal shelter.

The Mississippi Valley Library District board of trustees has been caught up in culture war-like issues for the past two years. On Tuesday, three of its seven seats are open, and the winners will steer the board as it navigates issues including aging facilities and staff unionization.

Proposition B would allow members of the county council to fire department directors and the county counselor with five out of seven votes.

The law, which would penalize police for enforcing federal gun laws, was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2023.

A case brought to the Illinois Supreme Court by House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked the court to reject the current legislative map for its partisan bias and have a special master redraw the districts.

A statement by influential Chicago advocacy groups against Sen. Dick Durbin’s vote, coupled with a climate group protest targeting him, are uncommon public rebukes of the 80-year-old lawmaker deciding whether to run for another term.