Missouri Independent

The bill would also restrict how much municipalities can reduce police department budgets and it would establish a fund for officers who have experienced trauma.

A subpoena was issued Thursday, though Hawley’s former chief of staff says he already agreed to March deposition.

After Democrats successfully blocked an effort to expel Rep. Wiley Price from the Legislature, aides who work for Democratic lawmakers accused party leaders of doing more to protect their colleague than their employees. Jason Hancock of the Missouri Independent discussed the controversy on St. Louis on the Air.

To address the ‘historic’ high call volume, the federal government has given Missouri permission to suspend recertification interviews to receive food stamps.

A federal lawsuit filed last week seeks to strike down a Missouri requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state.