County Citizens for Cleaner Air, the campaign committee that helped persuade St. Louis County voters on Nov. 3 to impose a ban on smoking in almost all indoor public places, has closed.

The group recently filed a report with the Missouri…

West St. Louis County townships provided more votes last Tuesday in St. Louis County for banning smoking in indoor public places, but the strongest sentiment for the ban came from townships in the central part of the county.

The St. Louis…

The Greater St. Louis Bowling Proprietors Association, which campaigned against the ban on smoking in indoor public places that St. Louis County voters approved on Tuesday, has conceded defeat. It hopes non-smokers will come to their bowling centers when the…

With the election four days away, energized supporters and opponents of the Proposition N smoking ban have stepped up their campaigns and picked up more money - with the anti-ban committee thus far outraising supporters but the pro-ban committee picking…

Air filtration systems to curb second-hand smoke got an airing Monday night.

Bill Hannegan, a major opponent of banning smoking in indoor public places, suggested that air filtration systems could be alternative. He and St. Louis County Councilwoman Barbara Fraser, D-University…

Supporters and opponents of a ban on smoking in public indoor areas that is on the Nov. 3 ballot in St. Louis County have together have raised less than $20,000, campaign finance reports show.

State law required the two groups…

Jonathan Sternberg

Even though the state Supreme Court did not take a case involving Kansas City’s smoking ban in indoor public places, sustaining the ban, the issue in that case could occur in the St. Louis area. This is the view…

The state Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Kansas City’s smoking ban in indoor public places. The court did not accept to an argument that the city could not ban smoking in places where it was allowed or not…

Barbara Fraser

Gerry Welch

The ban on smoking in indoor public places on the Nov. 3 ballot in St. Louis County won the endorsement of the St. Louis County Municipal League with ease Thursday night.

About 60 municipal officials attended the league’s monthly…

The Bonhomme Township Democratic Club on Thursday will present speakers to discuss three issues on the Nov. 3 ballot in Kirkwood. The program will start at 7 p.m. at the Highlands Brewing Company, 105 East Jefferson Avenue, Kirkwood.

The speakers…