A Missouri representative is proposing a repeal of a state law that currently prevents citizens with a felony history from running for a state office.

St. Louis County, gave a farewell address to Congress on Thursday. Bush lost the Democratic primary earlier this year to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, who was backed by pro-Israel groups.

Missouri Democrats will keep three of the party’s four top leaders in place for the next two years despite an election result where the party lost every statewide race and failed to make gains in the General Assembly.

Courtesy Date of Birth / Nov. 5, 1974 Residence / St. Louis Occupation / St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Education /

Not only did Democratic candidates get blown out in statewide contests for governor and the U.S. Senate, the party failed to gain any ground in the Missouri General Assembly. The election showed that the party continues to falter in rural and exurban areas.

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect.

The party made no gains in the Legislature, ending the election with 52 seats in t House and 10 of 34 seats in the state Senate.

New legislation would repeal a 2015 law that prevents those who were found guilty or pleaded guilty to a felony from running for local or statewide office

Hours of secretly recorded videos and phone calls have offered a rare glimpse into how the longest-serving legislative leader in American history operated behind closed doors. As the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stretches into its third month,

A Missouri lawmaker's new proposal could set the stage for merging St. Louis City and St. Louis County into a single governing entity.

Missouri business groups have sued to block the voter-approved Proposition A, which increases the state's minimum wage and mandates paid sick leave.

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