It's now a pattern for Missouri's attorney general: accepting campaign donations from companies in controversial legal fights and with troubling allegations.
The proposal would ask voters to approve a use tax if the St. Louis County Council approves it. More than half of voters rejected a similar measure in 2022.
An attorney representing Bar:PM's co-owner said the man did not assault police and should not have been arrested after two officers ran their SUV into his south St. Louis bar.
The company says the funding will let it begin processing material needed for electric vehicle batteries by the end of next year. The cobalt is in a former Missouri lead mine.
Prior to voting on the multimillion-dollar budget, two members of the County Council took what County Executive Steve Ehlmann described as "unprecedented" action by trying to strip funding from the county's top election official.