ST. LOUIS—Roughly two months into the job as Missouri’s top law enforcement officer, attorney general Catherine Hanaway hasn’t shied away from high-profile legal battles similar to those of her more recent predecessors that have large political implications. But she says her chief focus remains on fighting violent crime and tackling “meat and potatoes” type issues….
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill.—Two of the leading Democrats running for an open seat in the U.S. Senate next year made stops in the Metro East Thursday, days after filing for the March 17 primary closed on Monday. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi visited Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights for a tour and to learn about local…
ST. LOUIS—Missouri’s chief election officer said Monday that elections in the state are safe and secure but that he supports comments made by President Donald Trump promising an end to mail-in voting. In a post on Truth Social, Trump baselessly slammed mail-in ballots as a “HOAX” and suggested his effort to end the practice would…
HAZELWOOD, Mo.—After years of holding press conferences at St. Cin Park in Hazelwood to raise awareness about the need to expand and extend the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include parts of the St. Louis region impacted by Manhattan Project-era nuclear waste, advocates returned there Tuesday one more time to celebrate the fact that…