Most of the debate Thursday surrounded a provision added to the bill by the Senate prohibiting child marriage. Under current law, 16-year-olds in Missouri can marry someone under the age of 21 with parental consent.
Sara Smith, Missouri’s new Children’s Division director, says she’s focusing on child safety, including an organized review of random cases and launching a critical investigations unit.
An effort to bar soda and candy from the food assistance program got a favorable reception in a Senate committee. Meanwhile, the Missouri governor is looking to promote “healthier foods.”
The GOP-controlled Legislature just reversed a voter-approved utility consumer protection law, and gas and water utilities are also seeking double-digit increases.
The decision by Durbin, who is in his fifth Senate term and is the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, will set off a flurry of activity among a scrum of would-be successors, both Democratic and Republican.
Fred Pestello’s signature marks the first public criticism of the Trump administration from the leader of a local university since the start of the president’s second term.
Steven M. Reminger, 53, an electronics technician at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center at the time, came under scrutiny after a number of inmate overdoses.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department was revoking visas held by visitors who were acting counter to national interests, including some who protested Israel's war in Gaza.
ICE said Brayan Rayo-Garzon was previously arrested for shoplifting in 2024. The agency then arrested him in March after another arrest for credit card fraud in St. Louis.
Jerome "Mujaa" Williams helped a major multi-state drug distributor coordinate the killing of a Titus Armstead, who was suspected of stealing from one of the dealer's stash houses.
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