WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum. All Congress must do this month is keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1 and, with any luck, finally provide money for the fight against the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered a special election for a Missouri House seat because of problems with absentee ballots. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Friday set a Sept. 16 election date for a House seat out of St. Louis. The election will pit incumbent Democratic state Rep. Penny Hubbard’s against…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nearly two centuries after Missouri gained statehood as part of a compromise over slave ownership, no black candidate has ever won a statewide election there. Longtime TV news reporter and anchor Robin Smith would be the first if she’s elected secretary of state. An Associated Press analysis found Missouri is…
(KTRS) – Online voters named the St. Louis Zoo the top free attraction in the nation. The Zoo won out over 19 other attractions, including Central Park in New York City and the Golden Gate Bridge. St. Louis Zoo welcomes around 3.2 million visitors a year and has been free since opening in 1920.
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri high school student has been suspended after holding up a sign for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a pep assembly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Festus Superintendent Link Luttrell said the discipline had nothing to do with the content of the sign, which was held up…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The day before he goes to Detroit for his first general election appearance in front of a majority black audience, Donald Trump is heading to Philadelphia. Trump will be holding a roundtable with business, civic and religious leaders from the city’s African-American community. Trump has scaled up his outreach to minority voters…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked national outcry has been released from jail after serving half his term. Brock Turner walked out the main entrance of the Santa Clara County jail Friday and plans to head to his native Ohio to live…
