Local Control

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 6, 2012 - Activists involved in two initiative-petition drives – to cap payday loan rates and to…

Tests near steam pipe rupture show no asbestosThe St. Louis city health department says tests from buildings around the site of a ruptured steam pipe have…

Missouri lawmakers last year came the closest they’d ever come to restoring local control over the St. Louis Police Department, which has been under state…

Mo. House approves test program that helps children visit moms in prisonMissouri House members are calling for a pilot project to help women in the…

A Missouri judge has upheld a ballot summary for an initiative that would grant St. Louis local control over its police force.The St. Louis police…

Both sides of the debate on how St. Louis would handle local control of its police department are digging in their heels over issues of public oversight…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 30, 2012 - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was among the political leaders who kicked off the…

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and the St. Louis Police Officers Association are throwing their support behind a voter's initiative proposal that would give…

Some Republicans at odds with Nixon over state's job-creation tax breaksSome Republican lawmakers are at odds with members of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri is challenging language on a ballot initiative that would transfer control of the St. Louis Police…