One person, one vote. The concept seems incredibly simple and sensible.
Voters approved establishing a sales tax for one Jefferson County fire district, while measures seeking sales tax increases failed for seven county ambulance and fire districts.
Festus leaders are deciding what to do – if anything – after staff failed to place the municipal city treasurer position on the April 7 ballot.
Voters overwhelmingly approved Question 1 on the April 7 ballot, with 13,454 “yes” votes (61.04 percent) to 8,587 “no” votes (38.96 percent).
The city of Herculaneum is licking its wounds after an overwhelming defeat of its proposed use tax on internet sales.
Jefferson County residents will see some tax relief in two years, and Festus residents swept out four City Council members as the fallout from the approval of a data center started to reshape the city’s leadership today.
With internet sales increasing every year, the city of Herculaneum is hoping to pass a use tax on internet sales to equal the tax brick-and-mortar businesses are already paying.
The Jefferson R-7 Board of Education has voted to place a $14 million bond issue on the April ballot to fund districtwide improvements, including traffic flow upgrades, safety and security upgrades, playground upgrades and new facilities.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Four people are seeking three seats on the Dunklin R-5 School District Board of Education. They are incumbents Jason Drinen and Michael Hicks, and challengers Wayne Spencer and Susan Hartmann. Incumbent Cody Petero is not seeking reelection. …
Five people are seeking three seats on the Sunrise R-9 School District Board of Education. They are incumbent Brandi Richards, Alexandria Belfield, Kristina Lambert, incumbent Justin Peppers and Daken Berry.
Two candidates are vying for the Hillsboro Ward 4 alderperson seat on April 7.
Four people, including incumbent Todd Mahn and former Councilwoman Autumn Blanchard, are running for two seats on the De Soto City Council. Other candidates are Tonia Pierce Schmitt and Mike Bone.
Kimmswick voters will have the opportunity to vote on two tax propositions, one to fund capital improvements and one concerning special events.
The city of Festus, where a controversy over a proposed data center has emerged and apparently spurred interest in citizens running for elected office, has races for City Council seats in all four of its wards.
The city of Arnold has three City Council races on the April 7 ballot, with one of the seats being contested for a one-year term. Full council terms are for two years.
Fox C-6 School District voters will decide whether to approve a $48 million bond issue on April 7.
Four ambulance districts and three fire districts in Jefferson County will ask voters on April 7 to approve an increase in the sales tax the districts collect, and one county fire district will ask voters to allow it to start collecting a sales tax.
Question 1 on the April 7 ballot will ask voters to approve a new property tax credit, like one already available for homeowners 62 years or older in the county, called the Senior Real Property Tax Credit.
Five candidates are running for three Northwest R-1 School District Board of Education seats on April 7. Candidate Michelle Coats is an incumbent, and challengers are Michelle Adams, Christine Eoff, Cindy Hayes and Nora Ross. Each seat is for…
Voters in the Grandview R-2 School District will decide on April 7 whether it can continue four-day school weeks for the next decade.
Four people, including incumbent Stephen Kuczka, are running for three seats on the Grandview R-2 School District Board of Education. Other candidates are Michael Mayberry, Abe Eoff and Corey Wayne Powell. The three terms are for three years …
Four candidates are running for the three Fox C-6 School District Board of Education seats up for election on April 7. The candidates are incumbents Curtiss Frazier and Travis Lintner, former school board member Kenneth Woolsey and Joe Looney.
Candidate filing for the Aug. 4 primary election began Feb. 24 and continues through March 31 for state and congressional races in Missouri with many contested races already developing in Jefferson County.
