As Missouri secretary of state, Denny Hoskins is often responsible for reducing complicated ballot measures to a few sentences voters can understand. In his first year and a half in office, judges have repeatedly found those sentences unfair, insufficient or misleading. Courts have rejected or rewritten Hoskins’ descriptions five times on measures involving abortion, redistricting, […]
The fourth of four recall petitions for the Festus mayor and three of the city’s councilmen submitted to the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office g…
One person, one vote. The concept seems incredibly simple and sensible.
Jefferson County residents will see some tax relief in two years, and Festus residents swept out four City Council members as the fallout from…
Despite several contested city and school board races and a proposed tax freeze, only about 10 percent of Jefferson County’s registered voters…
Members of the Jefferson County Council reported receiving numerous phone calls, emails and messages on social media from confused constituent…
A petition drive to change the form of government of the city of Festus is imminent, those behind the effort said after Monday’s City Council …
Jefferson County Clerk Jeannie Goff warned today, March 5, that her office was notified of bogus text messages sent to several people claiming…
Festus officials rejected demands made in a petition and letter calling for a public vote prohibiting large-scale data centers, saying the cit…
Opponents of a potential Festus data center development project presented a petition Monday night to the City Council, calling for a vote to b…