From postwar optimism to economic panic, westward expansion and political mudslinging, this decade reshaped the United States. Americans were feeling pretty good in 1820. So good, in fact, they called ...

Missouri Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck, D-St. Louis County, reacts during a fiscal oversight comittee vote at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. The comittee ...

For most of this nation’s history, we have had racists who fight to ensure that Blacks are not equal partners in America. It’s what the South fought for. The cause of the Civil War was the many ...

Recently, when determining if an Offer to Compromise would be appropriate in one of our cases, we were reminded of its strategic value. After careful consideration, we concluded that making an Offer ...

A "yes" vote supported ratifying the proposed state constitution. A "no" vote opposed ratifying the proposed state constitution. Voters in Maine decided on the first separation question on May 7, 1820 ...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins at a Missouri Right to Life rally in March 2025. The initiative petition would enshrine public education as "fundamental right" in the state constitution. But ...

“We are not going back,” yells Jen Krus, center, during a protest supporting abortion rights and paid sick leave on the final day of the legislative session on Thursday, May 15, 2025, on the steps of ...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must rewrite the summary ballot language for an initiative petition that seeks to enshrine education as a fundamental right in the state’s constitution, a ...

A Missouri judge ruled that a ballot summary describing a proposed amendment as “limiting parental choice in education” is sufficient. The lawsuit argued the summary was misleading, particularly ...

A ballot summary describing a proposed amendment to Missouri’s Constitution as “limiting parental choice in education” is sufficient, a Cole County judge ruled ...

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