A wide-ranging anti-crime bill will soon be Missouri law. Gov. Mike Kehoe is scheduled to sign the bill into law Wednesday. It will take effect immediately because lawmakers added an emergency clause before final passage. HB 495 will return control of the St. Louis...
“It’s absolutely disrespectful. It’s absolutely disrespectful. It’s absolutely disrespectful.” That’s what Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins, D-St. Louis, had to say about a crime package which would restore a state commission to oversee the St. Louis Police Department. The...
Retailers in Missouri lose an estimated $1.44 billion in annual revenue to theft. It’s an ongoing problem that Dave Overfelt, president of the Missouri Retailers Association, said prosecutors and judges need to hand down stiffer penalties. “When there’s no...
