Walthall Moore was elected on Nov. 2, 1920, as the first Black man to hold office in the Missouri Legislature.
In 2022, Democratic Rep. Jamie Johnson became the first Black person to be elected to represent a Platte County district in ...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the ongoing legal dispute over issues of race relating to Louisiana's ...
A group of LGBTQ activists spread out across Missouri in the final days before the presidential election. Residents had viewpoints that did not fit in neat partisan boxes.
A red wave has buried Democratic hopes of winning the White House as President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump on Tuesday completed a historic political comeback, ...
Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in ...
Smith, born and raised in Columbia, left to attend law school at Tulane University after graduating from the University of Missouri ... Black representative when he was elected to the state ...
The last time voters in the southern part of Platte County chose their state representative ... the first Black person to be elected to represent a Platte County district in the Missouri General ...