Festus City Councilwoman Staci Templeton has resigned from her Ward 2 seat.
• Columbia is getting its first charter public school after state education officials today approved Frontier Schools to open a STEM-focused, tuition-free campus. The school is scheduled for the 2027-28 year. It will serve pre-K through fifth grade, starting with about 200 students in pre-K through second grade. Frontier operates schools in Kansas City and received $2 million in federal startup funding. The approval follows a 2024 Missouri law expanding charter school eligibility beyond Kansas City and St. Louis. Columbia Public Schools is fighting the move in court.
(The Center Square) - The special election to fill the seat of U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-California, will take place Aug. 18, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday afternoon.
(The Center Square) – Resignations in the U.S. House are set to throw two new people into the race for control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
(The Center Square) - Nevada has prepared a lawsuit to combat the voter ID legislation Congress is considering, the Nevada secretary of state told The Center Square.
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri political advocacy organization is praising recent rulings from the Missouri Supreme Court that uphold the state legislature’s authority to enact a new congressional redistricting map and preserve the state’s photo identification requirement for voting, while also voicing concern over a separate decision striking down a ban on paying individuals to solicit voter registration applications.
Jefferson County residents will see some tax relief in two years, and Festus residents swept out four City Council members as the fallout from…
The Jefferson County Council on Monday chose Tim Bennett Jr. of Festus to fill the District 5 seat vacated by Scott Seek. Bennett will represe…
Despite several contested city and school board races and a proposed tax freeze, only about 10 percent of Jefferson County’s registered voters…
