/government-politics-issues Government, Politics & Issues en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:23:03 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-30/missouri-gov-mike-kehoe-signs-state-budget-vetoes-over-2-billion The governor’s office cited some unexpected budget items and a recently passed tax reduction as reasons for reducing spending. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:23:03 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-30/missouri-gov-mike-kehoe-signs-state-budget-vetoes-over-2-billion Sarah Kellogg /podcast/politically-speaking/2025-06-30/missouri-senate-minority-leader-expects-challenging-2026-after-contentious-end-this-year Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck leads the 10-person Democratic caucus in the Missouri Senate. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /podcast/politically-speaking/2025-06-30/missouri-senate-minority-leader-expects-challenging-2026-after-contentious-end-this-year Jason Rosenbaum, Sarah Kellogg /government-politics-issues/2025-06-30/rolla-missouri-phelps-county-jail-activist-ice-detainee-support Abide in Love is a group of 50 activists who help detainees contact their families and provide small acts of comfort and kindness, as the Phelps County Jail has become part ICE holding facility. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-30/rolla-missouri-phelps-county-jail-activist-ice-detainee-support Jonathan Ahl, Brian Munoz /race-identity-and-faith/2025-06-29/photos-st-louis-pridefest-45-years-lgbtq-community Pride St. Louis is celebrating its 45th year of recognizing the LGBTQ community. This year, the organization lost major funding due to federal pressures on corporations to drop their DEI initiatives. Attendees say this year’s festival is more special because the community stepped in to support it. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:18:06 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2025-06-29/photos-st-louis-pridefest-45-years-lgbtq-community Andrea Y. Henderson, Lylee Gibbs /news-briefs/2025-06-27/belleville-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-metro-east-investments “Belleville, SWIC and Metro East, all you who are here today, it would be my honor to serve you for another four years,” the two-term governor said on Friday. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:11:06 GMT /news-briefs/2025-06-27/belleville-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-metro-east-investments Will Bauer /government-politics-issues/2025-06-27/candidates-8th-ward-st-louis-board-aldermen The winner of Tuesday’s election will serve the remainder of Cara Spencer’s term, which ends in April 2027. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-27/candidates-8th-ward-st-louis-board-aldermen Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2025-06-27/attorney-general-bailey-takes-a-major-role-in-representing-the-st-louis-police-department With the state now overseeing the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Bailey will represent the agency when it's facing certain litigation. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-27/attorney-general-bailey-takes-a-major-role-in-representing-the-st-louis-police-department Jason Rosenbaum /news-briefs/2025-06-26/no-application-deadline-extension-st-louis-county-senior-tax-freeze More than 70,000 seniors have applied for the freeze, which applies only to the county’s portion of the real estate tax bill. Applications must be submitted by June 30. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:23:09 GMT /news-briefs/2025-06-26/no-application-deadline-extension-st-louis-county-senior-tax-freeze Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2025-06-26/senate-parliamentarian-deals-blow-to-proposal-that-alarmed-missouri-health-care-experts The Missouri Hospital Association strongly opposed a plan to cap medical provider taxes at 3.5%. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:20:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-26/senate-parliamentarian-deals-blow-to-proposal-that-alarmed-missouri-health-care-experts Jason Rosenbaum /government-politics-issues/2025-06-26/pritzker-announces-run-3rd-term-illinois-trump Pritzker was scheduled to crisscross the state for a series of reelection rallies starting Thursday morning at the Grand Crossing Park Field House on the South Side of Chicago. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:14:58 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-26/pritzker-announces-run-3rd-term-illinois-trump Mitchell Armentrout