Gabe Gore, the man Gov. Mike Parson appointed as St. Louis circuit attorney after Kim Gardner resigned, announced Wednesday he plans to run for election to keep the office in 2024.
Gore, who has been in office since June 1, held a press conference Wednesday to make the announcement on the steps of the courthouse. On Tuesday, Gore had a press conference announcing the progress he's made during his first six months in office and did not commit to whether he was going to seek a full term from voters.…
Members of the St. Louis County Council on Tuesday unveiled a counterproposal to County Executive Sam Page's proposed 2024 budget cuts.
The proposal from the seven-member panel slashes Page's requested budget by $14 million for a total budget of just under $580 million. Council Chair Shalonda Webb said the budget eliminates the need for a tax increase and offsets more than half the $27.3 million structural deficit in the county's general and health funds.
The budget would also restore $718,000…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey does not have the legal authority to demand access to patient records at the Washington University Transgender Center, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court.
Bailey cited Missouri’s consumer protection law, known as the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, to demand access to all electronic health records from patients at the Transgender Center as part of his investigation into the center’s practices.
In the lawsuit, Washington…
Panera chairman Niren Chaudhary spoke with Boston-area business leaders about the company's coffee subscription model, lessons learned from the pandemic, and the two daughters he lost. But he didn't discuss the company's most pressing topic.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore on Tuesday cited statistics he said showed improvement in the prosecutor’s office.
When he was appointed to the role in June by Gov. Mike Parson, replacing Kim Gardner, who resigned, the office had:
— 6,700 cases that police sent to prosecutors that weren’t even looked at – including rapes, assaults and nine homicides.
— 250 pending homicide cases – when there should be about 100 to 150 at any given time.
— 25 attorneys – when the office has…
The St. Louis president and CEO said the deal came together "because both firms saw an opportunity to come together from positions of strength; not necessity, but from a strategic vision that both firms had to grow our Midwest presence."
Shevon Harris-Holyfield has returned to the St. Louis-based law firm where she got her start. She also said that she last year married Evander Holyfield, the only professional fighter to win the heavyweight championship four separate times.
State Sen. Karla Eslinger will be Missouri’s next commissioner of education beginning in June, the State Board of Education announced during its meeting Tuesday.
The board has met in closed session twice since the last public meeting — in which current Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven revealed her plans to retire at the end of June. The board also began its meeting Tuesday in closed session for an hour.
Board President Charlie Shields said the board has used the three closed-door…
Pulling off a successful ballot initiative campaign in Missouri is an undertaking so difficult that one Democratic political consultant compares it to skiing the slalom at the Olympics.
There is a laundry list of deadlines to meet, an army of signature gatherers to hire, a host of legal battles to fight — all with a price tag that can quickly cost millions.
“You’re going downhill at a very fast rate of speed,” said Jack Cardetti, who helped run a number of successful initiative petition…
The 16-nation Copa America soccer tournament will play two games in Kansas City next year, one at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and one at Children's Mercy Park. The Arrowhead game will feature the U.S. Men's National Team in group stage play.
The nearly $1.9 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines doesn't have the same level of overlap as other recently proposed airline deals — especially at Lambert airport — but there are some airports with competing service. Here's how the merger could shake up flights to Hawaii.
Maryland Heights-based World Wide Technology said Tuesday it plans to invest more than $500 million on artificial intelligence services over the next three years.
Jon Morgan has built a downtown St. Louis company – Ryval Studios – that has become a national player in the sports video production arena. Ryval most recently shot the open video featuring bluesman Marquise Knox, a St. Louis native, that plays before Blues games, hyping the crowd with its homage to the musical roots of the team’s name.
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