Incoming Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin said Missouri’s Children’s Division has failed in its core mission and needs to be restructured to protect vulnerable children.

Karla Eslinger, who served the past four years as a Missouri state senator, passed on a second term. She began her tenure as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in June.

The shelter has flourished under the purview of the Animal Protective Association, but now that the county is taking back control, advocates are concerned that the animals will suffer. The shelter had previously come under fire for improper care.

Their conflict started when Betts fired Alfred Montgomery, then a sheriff’s deputy, after he announced his first (and unsuccessful) run for the position in 2019.

Jail deaths at the City Justice Center in St. Louis are slightly higher than public safety officials previously shared and much higher than online reports show. But deaths at the CJC so far this year are the lowest they’ve been since 2021.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a bill that revises the city’s zoning code for shelters and transitional housing. Proponents say this will streamline the permitting process and give the city greater tools to address problematic shelters.

Some members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen say they’re planning a bill that would counter board legislation introduced Friday for spending the Rams settlement money.

“I think people express their frustrations in a variety of ways,” Prtizker said during a visit to the Metro East on Thursday. “This is not something that will actually make any change in the state of Illinois.”

St. Louis-area immigration agencies and attorneys warn immigrants to renew their government documents before a potential mass deportation next year.

The Downtown North Community Improvement District would formalize some of the actions taken by individual property owners to promote the area of downtown as an emerging geospatial and entrepreneurial hub.