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The special session convened on June 23 to address FRA reauthorization.
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is set to receive a $1 million federal grant to expand its Serving Our Streets Initiative.
Like any breakdown of a large magnitude, there is a long story of how it happened.
Missouri’s General Assembly signed off on the witness protection bill this week, sending the measure on to the governor’s desk for final approval.
"My colleagues and I were willing to use every tool at our disposal to begin the turning of the tide in St. Louis — starting with HB 2."
Senate Republicans opted to move the previous question in a last-ditch effort to pass a concurrent jurisdiction provision early Thursday morning after a long day of debate in the chamber.
"Your Missouri leadership has failed in passing a comprehensive online sales tax bill."
Eliminating the police residency requirement in St. Louis would be one of the most effective outcomes of the special session on violent crime, according to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.
“As elected officials, we have a responsibility to fix this issue before it disenfranchises tens of thousands of Missouri voters.”
The Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST) Commission met to address concerns about chokeholds, implicit bias, and other topics from Missouri’s law enforcement community Wednesday.