T.J."Boss Tom" Pendergast used to decide who'd become a judge in Missouri. Should we bring back those golden days? (Photo © The State Historical Society of Missouri)
The Missouri Legislature once again is considering fixing something that isn’t broken: the state’s nonpartisan…
Enemies of an independent judiciary in Missouri are at it again. Measures have been filed in the Missouri House and Senate seeking to gut the state’s non-partisan judicial appointment process and render it little more than a political sham.
The state’s current…
This year in the St. Louis metropolitan region, 10 state senate seats are up for election, seven in Missouri and three in Illinois. Only two of the races, both of them in Missouri, truly are competitive. In other districts, incumbents…
