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Missouri Supreme Court to decide if counties can appeal ruling striking down Covid orders

1 year 9 months ago
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday focused on how former Attorney General Eric Schmitt handled a case that pronounced local health authorities’ efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 “null and void” in 2021. Attorney Neal Perryman represented two counties and three health centers who argued Wednesday that they should have been able to intervene in the original Cole County case after the attorney general refused to file an appeal. Deputy Solicitor General Maria Lanahan…
Annelise Hanshaw

St. Louis County Council discusses property tax relief for seniors

1 year 9 months ago
St. Louis County officials met to discuss a bill that would give senior citizens relief on property taxes.  Instead of ending in a vote Tuesday afternoon, no decision was made.  A majority spoke in favor of the tax relief, but the main reason it didn't come to a vote was because some council members had questions on how exactly this bill would be implemented. This all started when Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 190 last week.  It created a program that allows most seniors who receive…
Mercedes Mackay

Charges issued one year after St. Louis County sex tape scandal

1 year 9 months ago
An acquaintance of a former St. Louis County chief of staff was charged in connection with the dissemination of a sex tape involving the man and an unidentified woman last year. Calvin Harris was St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s chief of staff. The boyfriend of the mother of Harris' child was charged in connection to the incident, allegedly sharing the tape with Page’s political enemy in 2022. Rodney Leger, 51, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. was charged with three counts of nonconsensual dissemination…
Christine Byers

Republican state senator launches bid for Missouri lieutenant governor

1 year 9 months ago
A longtime Republican state lawmaker announced Tuesday she is running for Missouri lieutenant governor.  Holly Thompson Rehder, who served eight years in a Sikeston-based Missouri House seat before being elected to the state Senate in 2020, will run to replace Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe.  Kehoe is giving up his office to run for governor next year.  In announcing her candidacy, she specifically pointed to legislation she sponsored this year that was signed into law to prohibit transgender athletes…
Jason Hancock

Legislator joins Democratic primary hoping to oust Josh Hawley in Missouri Senate race

1 year 9 months ago
State Sen. Karla May is the latest Democrat to jump into the U.S. Senate primary in the hopes of taking on Republican incumbent Josh Hawley next year.  May joins Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in the primary field.  After serving eight years in the Missouri House, May was elected to the state Senate in 2018, representing portions of St. Louis and St. Louis County. She cruised to reelection last year, winning in November with 74% of the vote.  She…
Jason Hancock