Two of the candidates for the 9th District congressional seat — state Rep. Bob Onder, R- Lake St. Louis, and former state Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, will hold their second debate on abortion rights and Onder’s proposed bill — which died…

Congressional hopeful Blaine Luetkemeyer has a new commercial out, highlighting the Republican’s rural and conservative credentials.

Luetkemeyer, a former state rep and family farmer from tiny St. Elizabeth, Mo., is pictured piloting his John Deere,  while a narrator relays his record…

The pro-choice group NARAL was so concerned about State House hopeful Robert Stelzer that they endorsed not one, but three of his opponents.

But Stelzer, in a crowded winner-take-all Democratic primary in the district that includes the city’s Tower Grove section, said…

In a race to represent staunch West County GOP territory, State Senate hopeful Gina Loudon has scored a victory with the support of one of the state’s largest anti-abortion groups.

Missouri Right to Life is endorsing Loudon in her competitive three-way…

After the hullabaloo surrounding Phyllis Schlafly’s honorary degree at Washington University, another Schlafly made the national news this weekend.

Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood — one of two restaurants run by the local beer makers — was featured in the Sunday New…

NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, the state counterpart of the national abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America, conducted 8,500 robo-calls this afternoon in the wake of the national group’s endorsement today of Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama.

The robo-call emphasizes that Missouri…

Rams Super Bowl hero Kurt Warner has another addition to his trophy case: the key to Jefferson City.

Jefferson City Mayor John Landwehr bestowed the memento on the former MVP quarterback this afternoon. Warner is in the capital today for an event…

Mike Huckabee - remember him? - will be in town next month, headlining the fundraising diner for a local anti-abortion group.

Though Huckabee seems to have fallen off the vice-presidential radar screen, he’s still a hot ticket, especially in conservative circles…

Joe Ortwerth, formerly a state legislator and St. Charles County executive, has become a familiar face in the Capitol’s hallways again.

Ortwerth is lobbying for the Missouri Family Policy Council, a new statewide affiliate of Focus on the Family, the…

Right now, YouTube’s top political video — and one of the top ten watched overall today — is a recent stump speech by former President Bill Clinton interacting with vocal anti-abortion protesters.

In the…