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Missouri Senate committee triples funding for widening I-70 across the state

1 year 8 months ago
The proposed Missouri state budget grew by more than $2 billion Tuesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee dipped into the massive state surplus to widen Interstate 70 from Wentzville to Blue Springs. The committee also added hundreds of millions for other programs to the spending plan passed late last month by the Missouri House, either by adopting original proposals from Gov. Mike Parson or initiating new spending lines. Restoring Parson’s proposal to increase pre-kindergarten programs…
Rudi Keller

Governor appoints 3 new members, including St. Louisan, to University of Missouri System Board of Curators

1 year 8 months ago
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed three new members to the University of Missouri System Board of Curators on Monday. Robert Blitz, Robert Fry and Jeanne Sinquefield must be confirmed by the state Senate before joining the board, which meets Thursday. They are not included in a list of nominations to be considered by the Senate’s Gubernatorial Appointments committee, which is scheduled to meet Wednesday morning. Ahead of these appointments, the board had two open seats and three curators serving…
Katie Gallaway

Kim Gardner appears for first hearing in Attorney General Andrew Bailey's removal case

1 year 8 months ago
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner appeared Tuesday for the first hearing in Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's case seeking to remove her from office. The hearing began at 1:30 p.m. and Judge John Torbitzky began the proceedings. He said there were several motions to get through and he began with Gardner's motion to dismiss.  Gardner's main council Jonathan Sternberg addressed Judge Torbitzky first.  The attorneys for Gardner asked the judge to dismiss the whole case, saying Bailey…
Alex Fees, Alli Hebel and Mark Maxwell

Four St. Louis County mayors call for combining city, county prosecutors' offices

1 year 8 months ago
Four St. Louis County mayors on Tuesday called for state lawmakers to combine the prosecutorial offices in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County, following intense criticism of top city prosecutor Kim Gardner and echoing past calls from St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. Bridgeton Mayor Terry Briggs, Wildwood Mayor Jim Bowlin, Manchester Mayor Mike Clement and Brentwood Mayor David Dimmitt said in an announcement that the failure to prosecute criminals in any jurisdiction "within this…
Jacob Kirn

Judge threatens Kim Gardner with contempt of court after attorney no-shows murder trial

1 year 8 months ago
There are three attorneys now juggling close to 500 felony cases in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office, so what’s happening to the cases assigned to those who have recently resigned or taken abrupt leaves of absence? Two of three murder trials did not proceed Monday. One resulted in a judge giving St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner seven days to tell him why she shouldn’t be put in jail, pay a fine or both for being in contempt of court after no one from her office showed up for…
Christine Byers

Planned Parenthood has pop-up clinics for patients seeking gender-affirming care

1 year 8 months ago
Planned Parenthood hosted three pop-up clinics for new patients seeking gender-affirming care on Monday.  One was in the Central West End in St. Louis, another in Fairview Heights, Illinois, and the other in Springfield, Missouri. It was in response to a recent emergency regulation on gender transitioning from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey put a timer on last week when he said new restrictions on gender-affirming care are coming including restrictions…
Justina Coronel