Mike Kehoe

Soon after being sworn in, Kehoe signed executive orders requiring law enforcement to include the immigration status of individuals in arrest reports, and authorized the creation of a program called "Operation Relentless Pursuit.”

The 62-year-old St. Louis native, who served as Missouri’s lieutenant governor and as a state senator, took the oath of office around noon on Monday.

Knodell will be heading back to his hometown of Poplar Bluff to serve as city manager for the southeast Missouri municipality.

For the first time since 2018, Missouri lawmakers will work with a new governor. While outgoing Gov. Mike Parson pushed a more budget-focused agenda, Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe already has established policy goals.

Jessica Bax is the new director of the Missouri Department of Social Services.

Robert Knodell has been hired to be the next city manager of Poplar Bluff after 3 years leading the Department of Social Services.

Gov. Mike Parson is leaving office in January after more than six and a half years in the job.

The leader of Planned Parenthood Great Plains says the move is a ploy to prevent a Jackson County judge from potentially knocking down other abortion restrictions.

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.

The GOP governor-elect also reiterated his support for putting a state board in charge of the St. Louis police department.