For the state commission drawing new Missouri House districts, the work began in acrimony but seems likely to end in harmony. For the commission in charge of new Senate maps, …
Hoppin’ John is more than the sum of its parts. The ingredients have symbolic importance. Eating the classic Southern dish on New Year’s Day portends good fortune in the coming year. While black-eyed peas represent coins, more luck is to be had when serving up a pot of collard greens, representing green backs (dollars)....