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The former president said: "I trust the great people of Missouri on this one to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my complete and total endorsement."

State Sen. Steve Roberts is challenging U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in the Democratic primary to represent St. Louis and part of St. Louis County. Whoever wins the primary likely will be elected in November because the district is overwhelmingly Democratic.

Six major candidates are squaring off Aug. 2 in the Missouri GOP Senate primary, but since they're generally similar on high-profile issues, much of the run-up revolves around whether Greitens can overcome his many scandals or whether his opponents can appeal enough to an increasingly Republican state.

Six major candidates are squaring off Aug. 2 in the Missouri GOP Senate primary, but much of the talk is around former Gov. Eric Greitens.

In a decision which could have far-reaching implications for free speech, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled Arkansas is permitted to force contractors to pledge they will not boycott Israel.

A grand jury indictment unsealed on Thursday accuses St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, as well as former Alderman John Collins-Muhammad and Alderman Jeffrey Boyd, of taking payments in return for their support for development deals.

Abortion providers in southern Illinois are bracing for an expected U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would strike down Roe v. Wade. If that happens, states will be able to ban the procedure. Hope Clinic and other providers in the Metro East are preparing to assist tens of thousands of new patients from across the country.

In 2019, Missouri's legislature passed arguably the most important law restricting abortion rights in the state’s history — banning most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Now that moment appears to be imminent.

Abortion-rights activists say their best hope to roll back a ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned could be at the federal level.

Missouri lawmakers will head back to Jefferson City this week for the final days of the 2022 session.