Roughly 61% of Missouri voters voted down Amendment Six in November, which would reinstate a three-dollar court fee to help fund the Missouri Sheriff’s Retirement System. Chillicothe Republican Senator Rusty Black wants to put money into the retirement fund that he...
Missouri sheriffs are asking the state legislature to address their priorities, including tightening Missouri sentencing laws. Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett said the Missouri Sheriffs Association has been pushing the proposed “Truth in Sentencing”...
When state employees retire, they have pensions waiting for them. With a new law that has passed, there has been a change to retirement systems that will affect future sheriffs. Here to explain with Marshall Griffin is Jefferson County Sheriff, Dave...
Gov. Mike Parson’s FY2022 state budget proposal requests $58 million in hopes of getting Missouri completely out of debt in county jail reimbursements. For years, the state has not designated enough funding to pay counties and the city of St. Louis for part of a...
Legislation that increases penalties for witness and victim tampering will go to the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on Monday, after being approved by the Judiciary Committee on a 17-0 vote this week. The prosecutor in western Missouri’s Johnson County...
