Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Now that she's no longer in office, former Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, has a lot to say about her 16 years in the Missouri House and Missouri Senate — during which she says was strengthened by constantly being challenged during election season.

When proponents of a city-county merger rolled out their long-awaited proposal in January, they thought they had everything in place for success.They had…

State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal returned to Politically Speaking to talk with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum about the leadership change in St.…

A group seeking to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County claims a consolidated government would mean billions in savings over a 10-year period.Better…

Like voters in Colorado, Utah and Michigan last year, Missouri's voters decided to alter the redistricting process. But lawmakers argue it could create bizarre districts that are hard to represent.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies take a deep look at Amendment 1 on the latest edition of Political Speaking.The measure, widely…

Term-limited out of her Senate seat, Maria Chappelle-Nadal is facing three newcomers as she tries to move to the House for one final term.Whoever wins the…

In many respects, Missouri’s 14th Senate District is one of the most challenging legislative seats to represent.With some of the state’s richest and…

Updated at 1:45 p.m. on Monday with formal filing of lawsuit.After filing closed on Tuesday, Missouri Democrats were jubilant about attracting scores of…

The Missouri House’s ethics committee will consider a complaint filed against a Republican lawmaker who wrote on Facebook that the people who vandalized a…