Joe Holleman

Hawley throws support to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn for Senate Majority Leader, who is facing two others to replace Mitch McConnell as chamber’s GOP boss.

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, whose district includes Lincoln County, reportedly in running as possible pick by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. transportation secretary.

Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, whose district includes Lincoln County, reportedly in running as possible pick by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. transportation secretary.

Come January, with the swearing-in of new candidates elected last week, five top-ranking state officials will be grads of St. Louis area high schools.

“The County Executive intends to exercise his sole authority in this regard,” County Counselor Dana Redwing told Missouri AG Andrew Bailey in a letter sent Tuesday afternoon.

County and state legal leaders been at odds in last week over who has power to appoint replacement for Bell, who becomes a U.S. Congressman in January

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski announced two grants on Friday: One helps pedestrian safety in Alton; other bolsters energy efficiency at two local small businesses

Missouri’s senior GOP senator — silent so far on Trump’s more controversial nominations — focusing on rural mail delivery, capping credit card rates.

“Mid-Mod Mayor: How Raymond Tucker Shaped St. Louis” outlines key figure in local history, and helps explain why Tucker Boulevard is no longer 12th Street.

Former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. said he sought nearly $2 million — about $1.1 million for community enhancement and about $900,000 for renovation and expansion. “We got nothing near that.”