Mike Parson

Gov. Mike Parson will appoint the successor to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who is resigning on June 1.

Missouri's attorney general said he wants to make sure Gardner leaves before dropping the case.

Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, gets a rare opportunity to fill a vacancy in the heavily Democratic city of St. Louis.

Facing a move by the Missouri attorney general to oust her, a contempt of court charge and increasing public and legislative pressure, Gardner announced Thursday that she will resign effective June 1.

While the Missouri House and Senate have both passed their own versions of bills restricting access for gender-affirming health care and sports participation for transgender youth, no bill has passed both chambers. With two weeks remaining in session, Parson said he’s prepared to call lawmakers back to pass the bills.

The Senate plan would spend nearly $2.8 billion to expand the entire interstate to three lanes each way.

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

The budget is less than Gov. Mike Parson’s initial proposal. However, Democrats and Republicans repeatedly clashed.

The Senate appropriations chief is floating a bond-funded plan to beef up a Interstate 70 project to add new lanes across the state.

A federal judge in Kansas City ruled that the Second Amendment Preservation Act in Missouri did not pass constitutional muster. The law allowed citizens to sue Missouri police if they believed their rights to guns were violated by the enforcement of federal regulations.