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Voters’ complicated relationship with the truth is impacting the way campaigns and candidates tailor their messaging, according to Lincoln Land Community College's Natasha Casey.

The same technology that allows you to stream your favorite team or show from anywhere also allows political groups from either side of the aisle to...

Less than two months after president-elect Donald Trump won in November, some of his allied groups are zeroing on U.S. Senate Democrats like Sen. Claire…

Representative democracies are rarely models of gentility. Their elected officials, motivated by self-interest and a certain belief system, often see…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 5, 2012 - For a brief period, we are free of political advertising on television. For months, we…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 29, 2010 - The rivalry between Illinois and Missouri can be intense, especially when a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 6, 2012 - For all the bashing that the St. Louis area often receives in the state Capitol, it’s…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 6, 2012 - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., told a group of local college students Sunday that…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 2, 2012 - Amid heightened national focus on her re-election race, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 8, 2011 - Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS), an independent conservative…