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A Democrat on the committee says the move is election year posturing.

Ashcroft, a candidate for Missouri Governor, is the latest prominent figure targeted by false crime reports intended to trigger heavy police response.

The city’s charter has required most full-time employees to live in the city since 1914. Voters rejected an effort to lift that requirement in 2020.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey is trying to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office.

The Joplin Republican is sponsoring legislation that contains multiple provisions related to crime, including one allowing for the appointment of a special prosecutor to address violent crime in cities like St. Louis.

Under the legislation, the governor would be able to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years in jurisdictions where homicide cases exceed a certain rate. Currently, only St. Louis falls under that requirement.

The legislation allows for the governor to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years if the rate of homicides in any jurisdiction exceeds 35 cases per every 100,000 people.

Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow some inmates 65 or older to be released from prison early. The sponsor of the legislation,…

Missouri legislators gave first-round approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow medical marijuana patients to expunge pot-related offenses from their…