Negotiators worked overnight to reach a deal, which included slightly strengthening the GOP advantage in the St. Louis-area 2nd District held by GOP Rep. Ann Wagner.

Missouri lawmakers return for a special session to propose a new tax incentive plan to keep the Chiefs and Royals in-state as Kansas STAR bonds near expiration.

This letter serves as a rebuttal of one in which Lt. Gov. Beckwith was defended for his Three-Fifths Compromise remarks. The author claims the compromise was not to protect slavery, but to save ...

The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free and slave states from 1818 to 1861. It highlights key events such as ...

A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War David S. Brown. Scribner, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-1-6680-2281-8 ...

The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state and adjusted the borders of the newly admitted slave state, Texas, consistent with the Missouri Compromise.

By 1934 Harry Truman had become presiding judge of Jackson County, Mo. (which in Missouri is actually the county’s administrative officer; as such he spent $25,000,000 on roads and buildings).

Clay was the master craftsman of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 as well as the founder of the Whig Party and the chief advocate of the “American System,” which called for ...

Sandford (1857), which ruled that the Missouri Compromise, defining the regions of the nation where slavery was prohibited, was unconstitutional. The decision also declared that African-Americans ...

From less compromise to party infighting, Missouri Senate sees changing atmosphere From less compromise to party infighting, Missouri Senate sees changing atmosphere April 14, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.