XENIA – Two renegade Republicans and a former Democrat who denied the state’s authority to lock citizens down overpowered primary opponents and seized leadership of the Republican Party.
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justices who preserved Roe v. Wade 30 years ago but greatly changed it for the purpose of ending division over abortion, didn’t settle the question any more than Roe did.
Republican Joe Hackler of Granite City responded to a news article critical of his public statements about vaccines, masks and church attendance during peaks of Covid spread, saying he has "always strongly opposed vaccine and mask mandates but have encouraged vaccination."