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Missouri budget negotiations conclude with I-70 expansion, child care funding intact

1 year 8 months ago
Motorists would get a wider Interstate 70, people with developmental disabilities would get better paid help and parents would get more assistance with child care needs under a state budget plan crafted by negotiators Wednesday evening. The final tally on the operating budget portion of state spending for the coming year was unavailable immediately after the House-Senate conference committee wrapped up work. But the committee agreed to spend the higher amounts proposed by either chamber on most…
Rudi Keller

St. Louis lawyer to serve as special prosecutor in Kim Gardner contempt matter

1 year 8 months ago
A St. Louis trial attorney who focuses on family law will serve as the special prosecutor in the indirect criminal contempt of court matter involving St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Allison Schreiber Lee, shareholder at Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard PC, will serve as special prosecuting attorney for the matter, next set for a hearing May 30. Presiding Judge Elizabeth Hogan made the appointment Wednesday, and the court said that Lee is a former assistant circuit attorney in St. Louis and…
Jacob Kirn

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey questions whether Kim Gardner is taking SLU nursing classes in violation of law

1 year 8 months ago
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed subpoenas with St. Louis University’s School of Nursing to determine whether St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is taking classes in violation of the law that requires her to “devote her full time and energy” to her duties as the city’s top elected prosecutor. According to the subpoena, Bailey’s office is seeking all agreements between Gardner and the clinic from Jan. 1, 2021, to the present; all correspondence and emails from and to…
Christine Byers

Emerson names new CFO, board members

1 year 8 months ago
Emerson said Wednesday that it was promoting Mike Baughman, currently vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, to executive vice president and CFO, effective May 10.
Nathan Rubbelke

St. Louis County bill is aimed at keeping panhandlers off the roadways

1 year 8 months ago
The St. Louis County Council debated a bill Tuesday night that would push all pedestrians to use sidewalks and crosswalks. Otherwise, they could face consequences. Critics of the bill argued it unfairly targets the homeless community. St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas sponsored the bill in the name of public safety, saying the council needs to do something about the number of crashes involving pedestrians. The council voted 5-2 in favor of perfecting this bill. The next step would be final…
Laura Barczewski

State takeover of St. Louis police, prosecutor’s office blocked by Senate Democrats

1 year 8 months ago
Senate Democrats blocked a vote Tuesday night on a wide-ranging bill that would put St. Louis city’s police department and part of the city’s prosecutor’s office under state control. After nine hours of a Democrat-led filibuster, Republicans set the bill aside for the night. The legislative session ends May 12 at 6 p.m. Republicans argued St. Louis leaders couldn’t decrease crime on their own, while Democrats said the legislation was purely a political “vendetta” against the city’s…
Rebecca Rivas