JEFFERSON CITY — An obituary of former Jefferson County Sheriff Buck Buerger in today’s paper omitted the name of the young lawyer who beat Buerger in 1986, launching a lengthy political career.
Jay Nixon was the upstart contender for the state…
A new state law allows school bond issues to pass Nov. 3 by a four-sevenths favorable vote instead of a two-thirds one.
State law requires that bond proposals pass by a four-seventh favorable vote – 57.14 — percent in general…
Erby
St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday in the council for a countywide election on Nov. 3 for a 0.1-sales tax to finance a countywide emergency communication system.
The tax would generate…
Seems the long lines from this morning have disappeared in some places.
In Jefferson County, at House Springs Intermediate School, voters found almost no lines, said P-D reporter Bob Kelly.
That morning, lines were running about two hours.
“I was in and out. I’m…
Voters wait in line outside St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Max Gersh| Post-Dispatch
At St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, just south of downtown in the Lasalle Park neighborhood, the P-D’s Lisa Eisenhauer spied dozens of voters waiting in the…
