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From strategies on cutting down food waste to tips on how to air seal windows and doors, EarthWays Center's Jean Ponzi offers expert advice we can all use.

Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]

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The Missouri General Assembly will have new faces next year, but the partisan alignment will likely remain unchanged as Republicans appear to have retained their two-thirds supermajority in both chambers. The question of which party would have the majority in the General Assembly was never in doubt in this election. The goal for Democrats was […]

Now and then I am asked questions along the lines of, “Has Maplewood always been the very friendly, progressive community that it is today?”  I am happy to be asked these questions because I know that it hasn’t been.  It has taken a lot of effort by myself and many others to create this community […]

Republicans running for attorney general, treasurer, lieutenant governor and secretary of state all are in lead.

Polls have closed in Missouri; county election authorities have begun reporting results.

An effort to hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and guarantee paid sick leave won the support of Missouri voters Tuesday night.  With 81% of precincts reporting, Proposition A was winning with Missouri voters 59% to 41%. The approval follows a trend of Missourians using the initiative petition process to increase the minimum wage — and more broadly, of Missourians using that process to advance policies at odds with the beliefs of the state’s Republican dominated legislature. Proposition…

Republican Andrew Bailey will remain Missouri attorney general for another four years, defeating Democrat Elad Gross. Final results with all precincts reporting to the secretary of state’s office show Bailey defeated Gross 60% to 38%.  Bailey has held the office since November 2022, when he was appointed attorney general by GOP Gov. Mike Parson after […]

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek, a Republican, has become the first person of color ever elected to a statewide office in Missouri.  Final, unofficial results from the secretary of state’s office show Malek defeated Democrat Mark Osmak 58% to 38%.  This will be Malek’s first full term as treasurer, after taking his post as an […]

Republican state Sen. Denny Hoskins will be Missouri’s next chief election official, defeating Democratic state Rep. Barbara Phifer. With all precincts reporting, the final, unofficial tally showed Hoskins defeated Phifer 58% to 40%.  “The right to vote is fundamental,” Hoskins said, “and I will work hard to ensure voters know that their ballots are safe […]

Republican David Wasinger won the race for lieutenant governor on Tuesday, besting Democrat Richard Brown. Final, unofficial results show Wasinger defeated Brown 57% to 38%. Wasinger, who describes humble beginnings as a Hardee’s worker and paper boy, is a St. Louis-based attorney who “took on Wall Street banks” following the 2008 financial crisis in fraud […]

An effort to hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and guarantee paid sick leave won the support of Missouri voters Tuesday night.  Proposition A was approved by Missouri voters 58% to 42%. The approval follows a trend of Missourians using the initiative petition process to increase the minimum wage — and more […]

First-term Republican Josh Hawley faces well-funded, aggressive challenge from Lucas Kunce.

The Republican candidate won comfortably with 53% of votes.

Missourians have approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits ranked-choice or approval voting — becoming the 11th state to do so. The amendment was approved by roughly a 2-to-1 margin. Ranked-choice and approval voting have been adopted in places such as Maine and Alaska. Proponents argue that these changes make elections less polarized and hyperpartisan. In […]

Abortions rights will be enshrined in the Missouri Constitution, after voters on Tuesday overturned the state’s near-total abortion ban 54% to 46%. The Associated Press called the race at 10:30 p.m. “We did not accept this nightmare thrust upon us,” said Tori Schafer, deputy director for policy and campaigns of the ACLU of Missouri.  When the amendment goes into effect in 30 days, abortion will be legal up until the point of fetal viability — generally seen as the point at which a fetus…