Wall Street’s initial optimism following Tuesday’s midterm elections quickly turned into a sharp selloff, driven largely by ...

My grandfather used to tell us, “Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease, but sometimes it gets replaced.” Republicans ...

Robbie Myers resigned from the State Board of Education, telling The Independent that "time constraints" prohibited him from ...

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday blamed Republican election losses on his party abandoning working Americans, criticizing cuts ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the state’s stadium subsidy law, ruling that two Republican lawmakers and a conservative activist lacked the legal standing to contest its ...

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Missouri Democrats picked 16 seats in the state House on Tuesday as they broke the Republican two-thirds supermajority after ...

Missouri Senate Republicans will return to Jefferson City in January with fewer seats, a flood of newcomers and new leaders ...

Two unlikely Democratic victories in Missouri reveal how local ties, strong candidates and a national blue wave helped flip ...

Tuesday dealt a significant setback to anti-abortion activists who hoped Missouri could provide a national model for banning ...

Voters sent resounding messages to elected officials about what they do not want to see continued in state legislatures ...

Backed by advocates who see sheriffs as a check on government overreach, Amendment 8 would limit who can seek to remove them ...