Jones’ stimulus plan will face scrutiny from Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plan to spend $80 million in federal relief funds may encounter different ideas when…
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Just-passed reform bills seek to keep youths out of jail
Retired St. Louis Judge Evelyn Baker once sentenced a 16-year-old Black boy to 241 years in prison for two armed…
Missouri AG can’t enforce Sunshine Laws in governor’s office because it’s ‘a client’
Attorney General Eric Schmitt has determined his office cannot investigate an alleged violation of Missouri’s open records laws by the…
Reed demands list of cuts to balance short budget
CITY HALL – Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is demanding that Mayor Tishaura Jones come up with ways to…
Without medical provider tax extension, Missouri budget cuts loom
With only weeks before the new state fiscal year begins, top legislative budget writers think progress in discussions on medical provider…
Parson signs Missouri bill to ban enforcement of federal gun rules
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill banning local police from enforcing federal gun rules,…
Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority, Parson says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for…
‘Defund the police’ aimed to provoke response; it worked in Missouri
For years after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, activists and community leaders have pushed to “re-envision public safety.” Inspired in…
Utilities may use loophole to charge customers for fossil fuel lobbying
Missouri and Kansas residents’ utility bills may be helping to bankroll energy sector lobbying against policies aimed at lowering greenhouse…
Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
Lawmakers can refuse to fund Medicaid expansion, attorney general says
Missouri lawmakers were not obligated to fund Medicaid expansion, and the courts cannot force the state to pay the medical bills…
Parson replaces administrative judge who heard abortion case
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has replaced the administrative law judge who ruled against the…
Ex-St. Louis County Executive Stenger is released from prison
CLAYTON (AP) — Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has been released from prison after serving less than two…
Prescription drug monitoring law finally erases Missouri label as lone holdout state
With the swipe of a pen Monday, Missouri is shedding its dubious status as the only state in the nation…
Speakers at budget hearing overwhelmingly favor defunding police
CITY HALL – If the sentiment expressed at a public hearing on the proposed 2021-2022 St. Louis budget matches public…
States rebound from bleak forecasts to pass record budgets
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Just a year ago, the financial future looked bleak for state governments as governors and lawmakers…