Local Control

The newly re-elected President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has called a controversial state Senator "unfit to lead," and is asking her to step down…

A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony today on the St. Louis police local control bill that easily passed the Missouri House last month. St. Louis…

St. Louis Police: No Local ControlThe top officers of the St. Louis Police Officers' Association are challenging a potential 2012 ballot measure granting…

The battle over who will control the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has entered the theater of the courtroom.Legislative efforts to give the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 14, 2011 - Supporters of the effort to return control of St. Louis' police department to City…

Legislation that would restore local control over the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has stalled in the Missouri Senate. Two St. Louis-area…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 7, 2011 - Astonishingly, certain Missouri statutes directly affecting St. Louis, dating back to…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-955084.mp3St. Louis residents pay for the city’s police force, but the state…

A Missouri Senate committee has approved legislation that would restore local control to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, but not before…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 22, 2011 - Changing control of St. Louis's police department from state to local hands is a…