August 3, 2022 · moindependent
Anheuser-Busch heiress Trudy Busch Valentine won the Democratic nomination for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, defeating her closest rival, former Marine Lucas Kunce.…
August 2, 2022 · moindependent
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators released legislation Monday that would codify Roe v. Wade, ensuring that pregnant…
August 1, 2022 · moindependent
The openings created by the ambitions of two Republican members of Congress are producing hot undercard primaries for GOP voters…
July 30, 2022 · moindependent
WASHINGTON — More than 100 congressional Democrats are urging the White House to extend the pause on student loan repayment…
July 29, 2022 · moindependent
For much of the last two years, the Missouri Senate has been mired in Republican infighting. On one side is…
July 29, 2022 · moindependent
A lawsuit challenging the state Senate redistricting map being used for Tuesday’s primaries alleges it violates the Missouri Constitution because it “packs”…
July 24, 2022 · MetroSTL Staff
(AP) — Michelle Obama will have a book out this fall, “The Light We Carry,” in which she reflects upon her experiences…
July 23, 2022 · moindependent
Sheets of rain wrapped around the playground shelter in North St. Louis’ Fairground Park on July 9, where canvassers for…
July 23, 2022 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri has more money on hand than ever before, thanks partly to a combination of inflation,…
July 22, 2022 · moindependent
Mary Holmes says she subsisted on hardly any food for more than a month as she struggled to recertify her…
July 22, 2022 · moindependent
No one seems to be having more fun running for U.S. Senate in Missouri than Billy Long. The six-term Congressman’s Twitter…
July 21, 2022 · moindependent
Hours after Mayor Tishaura Jones on Thursday signed a bill that would direct $1 million in federal relief funds to…
July 21, 2022 · moindependent
SALEM, Mo. — Everyone hoping to be the GOP nominee to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has scrambled to…
July 20, 2022 · moindependent
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Lucas Kunce’s life story seems built for a populist Senate campaign in Missouri. He grew up in…
July 20, 2022 · moindependent
Whether Missouri voters will get a chance to legalize recreational marijuana in November is still in question. The latest incomplete tabulations from Secretary…
July 19, 2022 · moindependent
Dave Schatz hopes his achievements speak for themselves. He sponsored the first gas tax increase since the early ‘90s that…