Early voting in Madison County, Ill., in 2006 (David Carson/Post-Dispatch)

Thirty-five states of all political hues — red, blue and purple — are providing voters with some convenient alternative to the Election Day crush. Not so Missouri — or at least not…

As a candidate for Missouri governor, Attorney General Jay Nixon told anyone who’d listen about his plans to restore Medicaid coverage to the more than 100,000 poor, elderly and disabled people who lost it in 2005.
On Tuesday, voters responded, sweeping…

Photo by Sarah Conrad | freelance

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Last week, we published an editorial calling for an election experiment, an exercise in “crowd sourcing” in which “engaged citizens and advocates” are empowered by local election boards to “follow, critique and participate in…

Missouri voters have an opportunity to nudge utilities down the path toward more sustainable energy. Proposition C on the November ballot would require large electric companies to get at least 15 percent of the power they sell through renewable sources…