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The Missouri legislature is considering a number of proposals that would change how ballot initiatives get before voters and the requirements needed to vote.

Michael Shreves was a trailblazer for St. Louis’ LGBTQ community. Performing in drag as Michelle McCausland, he won a sexy legs contest intended solely for women. He also led the charge to overturn St. Louis’ archaic laws banning drag performances — by fighting his own misdemeanor arrest. We’ll remember this remarkable man. He died last month of COVID-19.

A federal judge has refused to sign off on a deal that would cap the number of cases Missouri’s public defenders are allowed to handle. U.S. District...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic presidential candidate, is promising to fight a Missouri law that bans most abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.…

Updated at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's commentsThe abortion-rights group No Bans on Choice faces an "impossible" task to…

Lawyers for Friendship Village have asked a federal court to dismiss a same-sex couple's discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis County retirement…

Maplewood residents, equal-housing advocates and lawyers participated in a community discussion Wednesday about Maplewood’s controversial public-nuisance…

Maplewood’s thriving business district and respected schools are attractive to potential residents. But, aspiring residents must first apply and be…

Two protesters testified on Monday that they did not receive a warning before St. Louis police deployed pepper spray on them on Sept. 15.The American…

Three St. Louis police officers told a federal judge on Thursday that the police response to protesters in St. Louis on Sept. 17 was handled lawfully…