Missouri Attorney General

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.

A tragedy took a teen’s legs in St. Louis. Could it end Kim Gardner’s career?

Andrew Bailey said Wednesday he would take such a step if Kim Gardner did not resign as St. Louis Circuit Attorney by noon Thursday. She did not resign and and called Bailey’s action politically motivated.

Bailey replaces Eric Schmitt, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in November.

Bailey will replace Eric Schmitt, who is leaving to become Missouri’s next member of the U.S. Senate.

The clarification comes after a Kansas City hospital system said it would not provide emergency contraception in the wake of Missouri’s trigger ban on abortions.

Eric Schmitt has refused to drop three of his 47 lawsuits against school districts, while the Lee’s Summit district filed a counterclaim against the attorney general.

For more than three years, Missouri officials have been finding, tracking and testing the state's backlog of thousands of unaccounted-for kits, which are used to identify rapists and people who commit sexual assault. The Attorney General's office announced Monday that the state has sent 3,298 kits to labs for DNA testing.

Complainants are left with few options, with the attorney general’s office instructing them to “contact a private attorney” if they wish to pursue the matter further.

The money will fund addiction treatment and prevention programs in the state, addressing the harm inflicted by the opioid crisis.