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Joe Walsh has assembled some of Ohio's finest rock talent for this year's edition of his VetsAid charity concert, but the lineup also includes one Ohio-born musician that Walsh says…

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This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as the second chapter in its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty. On the night of the 2018 Democratic primary election, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch, a 28-year veteran of the job, held what he expected to be his victory party at the Village Bar in Des Peres.

On August 3, 1810, Peter Johnson became the first person to be executed by the state of Missouri. By the time the U.S. Supreme Court found the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972, Missouri had already executed 285 people — most by hanging.

Well, that could have been a lot worse, couldn't it? However things ultimately turn out, there sure wasn't any sign of a red wave this year. The downside, of course, is the House. As a friend reminded me, even a narrow Republican win means two years of investigations, hearings, "oversight," debt ceiling brinkmanship, and government ...continue reading "Democrats pull out a squeaker"

EDWARDSVILLE - Democrat Nikki Budzinski won a key congressional race in the new Illinois 13th District, while Mary Murphy easily won in the 15th District, Republican Amy Elik won re-election to the Illinois House while Katie Stuart led Jennifer Korte in her race and Erica Conway Harriss defeated Kris Tharp in the Illinois senate race in the statewide mid-term elections held on Tuesday. As of 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Budzinski was projected by the Chicago Tribune, MSNBC and other media outlets as the winner over Regan Deering for the newly formed 13th Congressional District, with 94 percent of precincts reporting. Budzinski led Deering 129,243, 54.7 percent of the vote, to Deering's 106,853, 45.3 percent of the vote. In the 15th District, incumbent Republican Mary Miller won election in the newly-drawn district, turning back Democratic challenger Paul Lange 188,056, which was 71.3 percent of the vote, to 75.618. or 28.7 percent. In the state House of Representatives races, Elik won re-election

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The Associated Press called the race for Budzinski at 12:09 a.m. Wednesday.

EDWARDSVILLE - Republican Linda Andreas defeated Democratic incumbent Debbie Ming-Mendoza in the race for the County Clerk, while the GOP retained its majority on the County Board and also won the three elections for circuit judges in results from Madison County during Tuesday's mid-term elections. Andreas won the County Clerk and Recorder office with a 49,572-46.842 decision over Ming-Mendoza in the only race for a countywide office. Meanwhile, Republicans Chris Slusser for Treasurer, with 73,751 votes, Jeff Connor, who had 72,848 votes for Sheriff, Michelle Mueller for Regional Superintendent of Schools for C, J, G and M, with 600 votes and Robert W. Werden, who had 74.026 votes for Regional Superintendent of Schools Madison, all ran unopposed. In competitive races for the County Board, in District 2, Republican Stacey Pace won over Democrat Charles "C.J." Metheny 2,741-1,440 to win the seat, while Democratic candidate Michael Holliday, Sr. won over Republican Michael J. Velloff

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Incumbent Congresswoman Cori Bush handily defeated Republican Andrew Jones to retain her District 1 seat, garnering 73% of the votes.

While Amendment 3, Missouri's ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, took much of the spotlight during Tuesday's elections, three other statewide amendments represented a broad range of proposals and drew mixed results. They were joined on the ballot by a constitutional convention question, and the state auditor's race. Amendment 1, proposed by legislators, asked voters to amend the state's constitution to allow the General Assembly to override current restrictions on the…

SPRINGFIELD – The race for Illinois Governor has been called. The Associated Press called the mid-term election within 20 minutes of polls closing with current governor J.B. Pritzker (D) winning re-election over Darren Bailey (R). Bailey was a former Illinois State Representative from 2019-2021 for the 109 th district in Southern Illinois. He is currently a member of the Illinois Senate for the 55 th district. It will be Pritzker’s second consecutive term after first being elected into office in 2018. “I’m grateful tonight,” Pritzker said at a supporters’ victory rally late Tuesday night. “I’m so thrilled to spend four more years as your governor.” He opened up his victory speech by listing off his accomplishments since his election. He mentioned raising the minimum wage, guaranteeing a women’s right to choose, balancing the budget, expanding healthcare, increasing college scholarships, and legalizing cannabis. As o

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Republicans targeted the 24th District after it gained more GOP voters in redistricting.

This story has been corrected since it was first published.  Missouri House Democrats had their best election night in years Tuesday, adding three seats to increase their caucus to its highest total in a decade.  The party also successfully defended a St. Louis County state Senate seat that saw massive spending by Republicans. Democrats went […]

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Missourians voted Tuesday to become the 21st state to legalize recreational marijuana, approving a constitutional amendment that also establishes a process to clear nonviolent marijuana-related charges from Missourians’ criminal records. Though down from the 66% of voters who approved medical cannabis in 2018, the recreational marijuana amendment on Tuesday received 53% of the vote. “Today’s […]

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Voters have selected Scott Fitzpatrick for Missouri State Auditor, a decision that could give Missouri a Republican head at each of its six political statewide offices.

Theodore Fox II of De Soto, MO became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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The tax on most vehicles will be more in 2022 than in 2021, due to the rising values of vehicles in the re-sale market. Taxes are due December 31.