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 […]
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.
Legalized recreational cannabis found favor with the majority of Missouri voters today. Amendment 3, the initiative legalizing recreational use of marijuana, won 53% of the vote in Tuesday's midterm. The measure fell behind early in the night, but continued to gain steadily as election returns were tallied.
Trident Refit Facility Kings Bay held a ceremony marking the re-opening of its dry dock at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, Oct. 18. The nearly $600 million Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast recapitalization project began in the summer of 2020. More than 1,000 people worked on the project, spearheaded by Alberici-Mortenson, Joint […]
An uphill battle for Democratic Senate candidate Trudy Busch Valentine officially became too steep when Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt registered a win in the contest to replace retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt on Tuesday night.
State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick won the race to become Missouri’s next auditor Tuesday, easily defeating former state Rep. Alan Green. With 56% of precincts reporting, Fitzpatrick, a Republican, held a 62% to 34% lead over Green, a Democrat who previously represented Florissant in the Missouri House. The auditor’s office, tasked with the impartial review of […]
The result came in an unusual race in which the incumbent touted his work fighting the Covid-19 pandemic while the challenger cast the contest in terms of whether the region would "continue to decline."