The prosecutors' opposition is another hurdle for Parson, who is trying to negotiate an anti-crime package ahead of the November election.

About 100 protesters march Saturday night from the Old Courthouse to the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse and the Robert A. Young Federal Building.

In the August primary, nearly 1,000 ballots arrived too late to be counted in St. Louis city and county and Jefferson County, officials said.

The tax would raise tens of millions of dollars for early child education. But it would cost an extra half cent per $1 purchase at the register.

U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, are among four Republican House incumbents targeted by Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in $2.2 million in television advertisements reserved for coming weeks, according to The Hill. 

Four patients and two workers have died of COVID-19 at state-run mental health facilities.

In the August primary, nearly 1,000 ballots arrived too late to be counted in St. Louis city and county and Jefferson County, officials said.

The president of the local mail handlers union told CNN that postal management has already taken out several machines across Kansas and Missouri. 

Spencer's supporters called the effort a "manipulation of democracy in St. Louis."

Among the roughly 80 protesters was Cori Bush, who won the Aug. 4 Democratic primary to represent St. Louis in the U.S. House.