The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, while the Democratic nominee sharply criticized the decision.

Send The Star your questions about voting, ballot initiatives, policy impacts and candidate races ahead of the 2024 election in Missouri.

The singer's uncle, Darin Chappell, is a Republican state representative from Missouri who, this month, co-sponsored a bill to stop public funds going to abortion facilities in Missouri, according to his voting record.

Republican Denny Hoskins, Democrat Barbara Phifer, Libertarian Carl Herman Freese and Jerome Bauer of the Green Party are running for the office.

MO House of Representatives District 130 covers western Springfield and Republic. Meet the candidates facing off on the November ballot.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey refused to accept State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's fiscal note summary estimating the potential public cost of the amendment. Bailey, who thought the estimate should be about $6.9 trillion, attempted to force Fitzpatrick to alter his estimate of $51,000.

The Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Teamsters endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz days after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a presidential candidate in the November election.

The November ballot will don several ballot issues in Missouri. Here's what the question on Amendment 6 is asking.

Amendment 3, which would overturn Missouri's abortion ban, will go before voters this November despite a "minefield of ballot litigation" intended to stop it. If it passes, anti-abortion activists and state lawmakers are likely to launch more challenges.

The complaint was filed by allies of Sen. Bill Eigel as he made his unsuccessful bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

A campaign to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban has energized voters across the state. But the actual timeline of restoring access remains murky.