Karla May

Missouri Senate Pushes Through Proposal Taking Aim At St. Louis Circuit Attorney

Jaclyn Driscoll

The Senate cut off debate around 3 a.m. Thursday to push through a bill allowing the attorney general to prosecute murder cases in St. Louis.

In a heated 12-hour debate on Thursday, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, opposes Gov. Mike Parson's tough-on-crime package of legislation intended to reduce violence throughout the state.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri Senate Advances Gov. Parson’s Violent Crime Legislation

Jaclyn Driscoll

Gov. Mike Parson's tough-on-crime legislation has passed the Missouri Senate. It now heads to the House for consideration.

Missouri lawmakers will likely place a measure on the 2020 ballot to replace a state legislative redistricting system that voters approved in 2018.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missourians Will Likely Again Vote In 2020 How To Draw Missouri General Assembly Districts

Jason Rosenbaum

Missouri voters will almost certainly have another say this year on how state Senate and House districts are drawn.They’ll choose between keeping a system…

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said he needs a lot more money to run his office properly.

Government, Politics & Issues

After Years Of Slow Progress, Post-Ferguson Political Agenda Picks Up Steam In St. Louis County

Jason Rosenbaum

Many people around the country saw Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson as the catalyst behind a new civil rights movement.But, even with the Ferguson…

Sen. Karla May, D-St. Louis, reacts to the annual Vehicle Stops Report at Second Presbyterian Church on June 3, 2019. She wants Missouri law enforcement officers to be held accountable for discriminatory practices during traffic stops against blacks.

Government, Politics & Issues

Politically Speaking: State Sen. May On The Push To Overhaul Missouri’s Criminal Justice System

Jason Rosenbaum

Sen. Karla May is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast, where the St. Louis Democrat talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum…

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis-Area Leaders Want Action From Law Enforcement In Response To 2018 Vehicle Stops Report

Andrea Y. Henderson

Updated 10:30 a.m., June 10, with comment from the Missouri Sheriffs' Association – In response to the Missouri Attorney General’s Vehicle Stops Report…

U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay, D-University City, (center) and Missouri Democratic lawmakers gathered in the Delmar Loop on October 15, 2018 to demand that Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley drop his appeal of a challenge to the state's voter photo ID law.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Democrats urge Hawley to drop voter photo ID appeal

Rachel Lippmann

St. Louis area Democrats are using an appeal of a court ruling against Missouri’s voter photo identification law as a rallying cry in the state’s…

Government, Politics & Issues

Politically Speaking: Rep. May expounds on her landmark state Senate victory

Jason Rosenbaum

State Rep. Karla May joins Politically Speaking to talk about her ouster of Sen. Jake Hummel in Missouri’s 4th Senate District.May is a four-term…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri House approves bill to quash ability of St. Louis, other cities to raise minimum wage

Marshall Griffin

The Missouri Supreme Court is OK with St. Louis raising its minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2018. Missouri lawmakers are a different story.The House passed…

House Minority Leader Jake Hummel, D-St. Louis, leads the Democratic end-of-session press conference as state Rep. Karla May, D-St. Louis, looks on.

Government, Politics & Issues

Democratic committee members nominate Hummel to replace Keaveny in Missouri Senate

Jason Rosenbaum

Updated July 23 with the nominee — Democratic committee members in St. Louis and St. Louis County have nominated House Minority Leader Jake Hummel, D-St.…