Our legal and electoral systems are complex—even the most informed among us may not know all the details. In response to readers’ election questions, The St. Louis American is launching the “Unlock the Ballot” initiative to demystify down-ballot propositions and races for judges and school board seats. Now more than ever, St. Louisans need to be informed about lesser-known candidates and issues that may not make headlines but deeply affect our lives and communities.

Kally Coleman paid well over market value when she bought her south city home in St. Louis in 2023.

The housing market was competitive, and she needed to secure the property quickly because her former home had been flooded, she was ill and her partner was terminally ill and needed a place to live comfortably during his final

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