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Voters in St. Charles County were in an anti-tax mood last week.

Jefferson Regional Medical Center recently announced that the board has unanimously voted to have Jim Muehlhauser as its new president and chief executive officer. Muehlhauser is currently the chief financial officer who has served as interim CEO after Lloyd Ford Jr. left in September.

Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., center, speaks to supporters as his brother, Tom Carnahan, wife, Debra Carnahan, son, Austin Carnahan, mother, former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, and sister, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, listen during a Democratic watch party Tuesday in St. Louis. It appears Carnahan was victorious in Tuesday’s election despite losing Jefferson County by more than 13,000 votes. The final unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s Office show Carnahan defeating his opponent, Republican Ed Martin, by more than 4,400 votes. Martin had still not conceded defeat as of Wednesday afternoon.

Kris Kobach, a lawyer who has made his reputation as a foe of illegal immigration, will be Kansas’ next secretary of state, but he will no longer be a law professor.

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday appointed Associate Circuit Judge Christine Carpenter to fill the position of circuit judge for the 13th Circuit, which includes Boone and Callaway counties.

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne is being sued by Sunnen Products Co. in state court. In a suit filed Oct. 29 in the 21st Circuit, the Maplewood-based manufacturing company claims the firm and partner James R. Dankenbring misadvised Sunnen in ...

Sen. Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, addresses reporters at a press conference Thursday at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. Mayer, an attorney, was elected as the top Republican in the Missouri Senate.

A woman who said she didn’t bargain on so much of her being seen will be heard in court once more.

Missouri Democrats bore the brunt of an unprecedented Republican wave that swept away a sitting congressman, the state auditor, two incumbent state senators and well over a dozen House members.

People wait to vote Tuesday in the midterm election at St. Louis County Government Center in Chesterfield. Despite a negative recommendation, Judy Draper kept her job — and she’s pulling for a promotion. St. Louis County voters chose to retain the associate circuit judge despite a recommendation from a Missouri Bar committee that she be voted out of office.

Saint Louis University School of Law is actively searching for a new dean, accepting applications and nominations to appoint one by next July.