2020 Elections

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is facing mounting scrutiny after challenging the election results, but the Missouri Republican created his political brand around defiance to the mainstream.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, said she hopes to harness her experience as an activist in Ferguson to spur legislative action around policing policy.

The past year's events redefined Missouri and St. Louis politics. And the COVID-19 pandemic and protests decrying police killing Black people played a huge role in shaping the biggest stories in the region and state.

Michael Butler and Genevieve Williams talk about why they feel the future of the Missouri Democratic Party starts with building up infrastructure on a county level.

House Speaker Elijah Haahr discusses the challenges of being speaker, the perils of term limits and his political future.

Missouri isn't Pennsylvania when it comes to processing absentee ballots. But that doesn't mean elections officials here are against the idea of extending the five-day window for preparing absentee ballots to be counted.

As legal challenges by the Trump campaign mount in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is deploying his office in an attempt to stop some votes from counting in Pennsylvania. "St. Louis on the Air" talks with Washington University's Ronald Levin about whether precedent is on Schmitt's side, and what might happen next.

A St. Charles County election supervisor had tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday but ignored medical advice to stay home for two weeks and worked at a polling site on Tuesday. The worker has since died, but officials haven't disclosed the cause of death.

After a long battle for presidency, the nation needs to pray for peace and unity while dealing with uncertain times, St. Louis area religious leaders say. The Archdiocese of St. Louis held a virtual prayer session with seven church leaders on Wednesday.

In conversation with UMSL's Anita Manion and St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum, "St. Louis on the Air" digs into some of the biggest local and statewide races and issues voters weighed in on this fall — and what to make of the results. We also talk with U.S. Rep.-elect Cori Bush and with STLPR reporters Jonathan Ahl and Jaclyn Driscoll.