The lack of state funding for liability claims has generated attention recently as KC Mayor Quinton Lucas publicly called ...

State Rep. Ian Mackey, D-St. Louis County, introduced House Joint Resolution 27 earlier this session. The bill, which mirrors the approach taken by the now-inactive Better Together organization ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe approved a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department as part of a larger crime bill for the city, and the transition is effective immediately.

St. Louis first lost full control over its police department during the Civil War in 1861, when Missouri was sharply divided between Union and Confederate supporters. St.

A new Missouri law gives a state board control over the St. Louis Police Department, instead of the mayor, similar to the system in Kansas City. The lawsuit calls it an unfunded mandate because it ...