The protest is one of more than 1,500 across the country, coinciding with President Donald Trump's military parade and 79th birthday and just after two state Democratic leaders were shot in Minnesota.
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Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson and state Sen. Steve Roberts talked about the special legislative session on the "Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air."
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Council member Lisa Clancy said Auditor Toni Jackson had not produced enough audits in the years since she was hired in 2021.
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Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday named Derek Winters, an executive with an election technology company who also served on the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, to lead the transition of the St. Louis police department to state control.
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The Metro East suburb, long plagued by an aging and damaged sewer system backing up and flooding into homes and streets, requires more state and federal funding to continue repairs of its sewer and water systems.
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The 444 individuals on the Department of Mental Health’s waitlist have been charged with crimes but not convicted.
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Survivors of the 1995 genocide and members of St. Louis’ Bosnian community will gather July 12.
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A “No Kings” demonstration is scheduled Saturday in downtown St. Louis, one of nearly 30 planned in Missouri and almost 2,000 across the country against Trump administration policies.
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According to state data from 2023, earthquake insurance is now $569 a year on average — ten times as much as at the turn of the century.
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Ciearra “CJ” Walker is one of the five Missourians who have won the Missouri Foundation for Health’s first Spark Prize. The prize is given to people who have contributed to bettering the health and well-being of Missourians.
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The north and eastbound lanes of Interstate 55 and Interstate 70 between state Highways 157 and 159 will close Friday and are anticipated to reopen at the end of the month.
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