by Alisa Nelson | Dec 9, 2020 | News
When Gov. Mike Parson takes the oath of office next month, his inauguration will look and feel like a celebration of the state’s 57th governor making his mark on history and a celebration of Missouri officially becoming a state. That’s according to Parson’s campaign...
by Ashley Byrd | Aug 11, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News
Governor Mike Parson is asking the Legislature to allow him to send state prosecutors to St. Louis to bring more charges in murder cases. He extended the special session on violent crime to add this measure. “We’ve got to address this issue, and...
by admin | Jul 6, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News
Sweeping legislation aimed at cracking down on violent crime was signed into law late Monday afternoon by Missouri’s governor in Jefferson City. Governor Mike Parson (R) announced that he would sign Senate Bill 600 during his media briefing with Capitol...
by Ashley Byrd | Nov 20, 2019 | Crime / Courts, News
The state attorney general’s office has completed its count of rape kits that have sat in labs and on shelves, untested for decades. View full report (66 pages) With the help of a federal grant, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt appointed a task force that...
by Alisa Nelson | May 8, 2019 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
On February 28, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt launched the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to determine how many thousands of rape kits are sitting on hospital and law enforcement shelves waiting to be tested. At the time, the state had six months to find out....
