Mike Parson

The ruling from Circuit Judge Brian May of the 21st Circuit will be appealed.

Circuit Judge Brian May said he will issue his decision promptly. His ruling will almost certainly be appealed.

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 has chosen St. Louis County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith as the next St. Louis County Prosecutor. County and state leaders are currently in a legal battle over who has the authority to appoint the prosecutor.

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

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page nominated Cort VanOstran to the post Dec. 3, but Gov. Mike Parson has challenged Page’s authority to do so in court.

Cort VanOstran resigned his job as a federal prosecutor this week. He was in private practice before that and ran for Congress in 2018.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court argues that because prosecutors exercise police powers, the governor should appoint the successor to Wesley Bell.

Parson and Attorney General Andrew Bailey say language in the state constitution gives the governor the power to fill all vacancies in public office, regardless of county charters.

In November, Missouri voters will get to decide whether two Supreme Court justices will keep their seats. Some progressives want to vote against retaining them because of their opinions on an abortion rights amendment — but it could backfire.