Politics & Policy

Missouri marks a milestone this year in state politics. It is the first time in state history that all five statewide seats are held by the Republican Party: Governor, Lt. Governor, State ...

Self-described evangelicals likely helped the GOP nominee to an upset victory. In a stunning rebuke of polls and pundits, business mogul and reality television star Donald J. Trump has won the presidency ...

  Tony Perkins gets indignant when he thinks about Christians refusing to vote for either of the two major party presidential candidates because they believe both are undesirable. “I want to go ...

TRUMP on Track to Win More Black Votes Than Any GOP Candidate Since 1960. In the past month the number of black voters for Donald Trump has increased significantly. At the beginning ...

A photo ID is required to do the following things. On the Nov. 8 Missouri ballot, Missourians will be asked to approve an amendment that will require a valid ID to vote. Ask yourself, ...

Dorothy, you may not be in (conservative) Kansas any more. Anyone who wasn’t prepared to see conservative losses in the August primary (with more perhaps to come in the general election) simply ...

Wall Street Journal/NBC Polls are manipulated by Clinton advisor You may have suspected a poll here and there for some time, but now we can accurately report it as truth: Many of those supposedly “unbiased” ...

The candidates are Clinton vs. Trump vs. Johnson vs. Stein. It’s the most chaotic election in modern history but when you get past the personalities, faux pas, emails and comments from 11 years ...

Every election cycle, confusion abounds about how a church or pastor can be involved in the civic life of their community while not stepping across the lines outlined by the IRS and FEC. This ...

Missouri voters to Decide on 6 Proposed Amendments to State Constitution   Six ballot measures have been certified by the office of the Missouri Secretary of State (SOS) to appear on the ...

What’s the real story about the retention of Supreme Court  justices? Ask a proponent of retaining the four ultra-liberal members of the Kansas Supreme Court that are up for a retention vote ...

This Nov. 8, American voters will decide what is arguably the most consequential presidential election in decades. Maybe ever. Two major party candidates are being offered to voters. Two distinct visions are ...

Many decisions are made at the president’s desk, but the major political party to which he or she belongs wields significant power over which domestic and international policies are advanced and what ...

After one of the most contentious Republican primary seasons in recent memory, several of Donald Trump’s former opponents are now realizing the stakes should they withhold their endorsements from the man who ...

Voter registration deadlines for election loom in Kansas and Missouri By ANITA WIDAMAN Voting is a rite of passage in our home. We have taken our girls to vote with us since ...

This Presidential election, many are saying they will vote for the “lesser of two evils”. Won’t it be better to vote for “what’s good for America?”  Voting on the issues trumps evil hearts ...

Eric Greitens, if you want to win the trust of Christian and conservative voters, “EARN IT.” In the Republican primary for Missouri governor on August 2nd, Eric Greitens won a four-way primary ...

Commentary The audio of a 10-minute phone conversation between Eric Greitens and John Brunner that happened in late November of 2015 is posted online at stltoday.com. Every voter casting a ballot in ...

Eric Greitens−a lifelong Democrat with liberal alliances−claims to have recently become a conservative and is running as a Republican for Missouri Governor Greitens has raised big money−about $9 million−with most of it ...

“Nowhere is a working model for reform more evident than in Kansas” Though Kansas is facing some temporary budget shortfalls in the next year or two, some around the country still think ...