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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced new statewide restrictions on retailers as cases, deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 surge uncontrollably.

St. Louis chess organizations are moving their event online to be a virtual gala to advance the game of chess through education, art and culture.

The Missouri House on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion supplemental budget with a vote of 133-4. Most of the money is federal coronavirus relief funds.

Black St. Louisans disproportionately feel the burden of the region's environmental issues—something activists say is not an accident.

In September, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report supporting the phaseout of subminimum wage for people with disabilities. For St. Louisan Colleen Starkloff, co-founder of the Starkloff Disability Institute, it’s about time. While she’s quick to acknowledge the good intentions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act exception when it was first created, she’s convinced that phasing it out is critical to human dignity and inclusive employment practices. “There’s a way to do that, and sheltered workshops aren’t it,” she said.

Missouri Republicans had a big Tuesday. Here's how they won and why Missouri Democrats have a lot of work to do in picking up the pieces.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will continue to serve after handily winning Tuesday’s election. Page, a Democrat, defeated Republican Paul Berry III by winning 58% of the vote.

City voters on Tuesday endorsed changing to nonpartisan elections, decided to keep a residency requirement for certain city employees, approved a tax increase for early childhood education and re-elected Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Sheriff Vernon Betts, all Democrats.

Live Election Night updates on key St. Louis-area races and statewide results in Missouri and Illinois.

There’s an ongoing effort to help Black communities that are more impacted by the coronavirus. Faith and For the Sake of All is teaming up with Care S-T-L Health to provide free COVID-19 testing and flu shots at churches in north St. Louis city and county.

Many voters chose to stand in line and vote in person on Election Day, some waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballot.

In the dueling campaigns for and against Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature plan to implement a graduated income tax structure in Illinois are the echoes of...