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.…

Kinder

Taking a break from trying to save his embattled bike race, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will tour the state in favor of an initiative that would preserve the current process of forming worker unions.

For the moment, the only way employees can…

Blunt

Gov. Matt Blunt is unhappy about a federal court ruling yesterday that pares down a state law aimed at keeping sex offenders away from children on Halloween.

The law, the Capitol swansong of term-limited State Sen. John Loudon of Ballwin, bans…

Today’s ruling from the nation’s high court that capital punishment is fit only for murderers – and not, as some states would like, for those who rape children — has special resonance in Missouri. 

After the abduction and sexual assault of…

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…

The Senate gave surprise first-round approval to legislation that would legalize and regulate midwives tonight, after Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, a staunch opponent of the bill, left the chamber to allow a vote.

Speaking after the vote, bill sponsor Sen. John…

State Rep. Jane Cunningham‘s bid for State Senate has scored the endorsement of one of Missouri’s most well-known Republicans: John Ashcroft.

Ashcroft, a former everything - U.S. Attorney General, state attorney general, state auditor, governor, U.S. Senator - said in a statement…

An updated proposal to legalize midwifery was brought to the Senate today, and the bill’s sponsor says it is a compromise that satisfies many complaints from doctors’ groups.

The changes include requiring midwives to carry malpractice insurance and restricting their ability…

Looking at all the high-powered names hosting Republican Gina Loudon’s fundraiser this Thursday, you might think she had the nomination sewed up in the 7th District Senate race.

For example, co-hosts of the event include President Pro Tem Mike Gibbons and Majority…

Gov. Matt Blunt has entered the debate in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide whether the next Michael Devlin gets the death penalty.

Blunt’s office announced today it has filed an amicus brief in Kennedy v. Louisiana, the case of a…