St. Louis Police headquarters

Former State Rep. T.D. El-Amin is certainly in no position to win lawmaker of the year, but — back before he got in trouble with the feds — he offered an intriguing solution to one of the…

Wrapping up our election night coverage with a few more winners:

• Voters in Kirkwood approved a municipal smoking ban that is stricter than the county version also approved tonight.
• County voters approved a tenth-of-a-cent sales tax to fund new emergency radio equipment.
• St.…

ST. LOUIS — The city Board of Election says it is bracing for a 10 percent turnout in today’s election.

Though is even that estimate too high for a contest that is merely a formality?

Officially, voters in about half of the…

Keaveny, left, and Vogt

ST. LOUIS — At least one of his future colleagues is not happy that Joe Keaveny is set to become Missouri’s newest state senator.

In an interview last week, state Rep. Mike Vogt, a fellow Democrat whose district…

Slay

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Francis Slay played a pivotal behind the scenes role in tabbing the Democratic nominee to replace former state Sen. Jeff Smith, who stepped down last month after pleading guilty to a political cover-up.

But what about the contest…

Joe Palm

ST. LOUIS — City politicians watching the scramble to fill Jeff Smith’s Senate seat learned a valuable lesson: Patience is not a plus.

Joe Keaveny, who won the nomination to replace Smith, scored early points with Democratic Committee members by being…