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House speaker switches races. Embattled treasurer to seek full term. Abortion-rights Republican files for office.

The party says about 20,000 voters participated.

House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, is facing ethics allegations as he serves his final term in the Legislature.

MoDOT surprises local transportation planners with new policy requiring them to spend down balances on delayed road projects.

Arkansas-based Denali Water Solutions collects waste from 20 meat processing facilities in the state, and spreads it on farmland.

Lobbyists for the state’s tightly controlled marijuana industry wants the hemp-derived products to only be sold at state-licensed dispensaries.

Boeing's St. Louis-based defense programs are in a separate unit from the embattled commercial airplane business. But the one isn't entirely insulated from the other.

The company that operates buses for St. Louis Public Schools has notified state officials it's terminating its contract with the district this summer after a month of turmoil.

The latest proposal includes $13.3 million for a new state park in McDonald County and a $500,000 earmark for a youth sports complex in Chesterfield.

A man was shot late Sunday in north St. Louis County, and he later died at a hospital.

A man on Sunday evening was found shot inside a car that had crashed into a tree.

Several state lawmakers this year have filed legislation that excludes groceries from state and local sales tax. But municipalities say the tax is an important revenue source for vital services.

Jamie Corley, 37, of University City, joined a field of four other Republican candidates seeking to become the state’s next chief elections officer.

A historic north St. Louis church is set to be demolished, a decision that comes about a week after it caught fire for the third time in two years.

The program envisions spending millions of dollars to help thousands of low-income renters facing the loss of their homes each year.

A new water works with six massive settling tanks opened in 1894, but the city still had plenty of work to do.

Major developments to create nearly a dozen commercial spaces and hundreds of new apartments and townhomes are on the horizon for two cities in St. Charles County.

The bankruptcy of Bally Sports Midwest's parent company has raised questions about the future of pro sports on TV. The Cardinals are getting ready.

Under Prop A, the new facility would be double the size of the current one, which dates to 1978.

None of the propositions on local ballots have organized opposition, although critics say the marketing of a “zero tax increase” by all of the districts is misleading.