U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo. 1st District, is pushing for U.S. House members to vote to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire and sex offender who died in jail in 2019. “Even if my mother was in the Epstein files, I would be supporting...
Missouri’s two Democratic U.S. House members are supporting U.S. Senate Democrats as they continue to vote against reopening the federal government. Wesley Bell, who represents St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County in Congress, said healthcare subsidies need to be...
A bill being sponsored by Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell would require data collection from encounters between police and suspects suffering from mental illness. “As a son of a retired police officer, you know, our staff, myself, we’re always thinking about...
Ten years ago, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, Jr. during a confrontation on a city street. The city of Ferguson, the St. Louis region, Missouri, and the United States would never be the same. Brown’s death sparked both...
