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...
What does a safer Missouri mean for the city of St. Louis? That’s what some Democratic lawmakers are considering after Senate Republicans passed a sweeping crime bill on Thursday. The plan includes returning control of the St. Louis Police Department to the state....
The state of Missouri controlled the St. Louis Police Department for more than 150 years – until the state’s voters returned control to the city in 2013. A Missouri House committee is deciding whether to advance a bill that would return control to the state....
Mike Kehoe has been sworn in as Missouri’s 58th governor, and he hopes to hit the ground running on day one focusing on public safety. The theme of his address, “Securing Missouri’s Future,” spoke to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, who was in attendance for Kehoe’s...
What was supposed to be a regularly-scheduled state audit of St. Louis public schools next year will instead begin Tuesday. “We’re going to officially begin our audit (at) the next school board meeting, which is on August 13th,” said Missouri Auditor Scott...
