Missouri State Highway Patrol

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill near Eagle Pass, Texas. The small town sits on the U.S.-Mexico border about 2 hours southwest of San Antonio.

Gov. Parson makes it official in Texas, signing bill paying for Missouri troops at the border

Will Bauer

Near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, the Missouri governor and top general of the Missouri National Guard touted the bill, which funds the deployment for 200 troops and 22 highway patrol officers.

Vivek Malek speaks on Dec. 20, 2022, after being announced as the next Missouri State Treasurer by Gov. Mike Parson in Jefferson City.

Economy & Business

Missouri treasurer fires back at critic of ads on unregulated slot machines

Rudi Keller

Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek dismissed concerns about legality of machines in letter to House chairman, says advertising costs nothing to promote Unclaimed Property program.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson talks during an interview on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in his office at the state capitol in Jefferson City.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri Gov. Parson asks for $2.3 million to send hundreds of troops to U.S.-Mexico border

Eric Schmid

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced a plan Tuesday to add 200 Missouri National Guard members and 22 state highway patrol troopers to the 250 guardsmen already deployed to southern border by next month.

Sam Page, St. Louis County Executive, center, gives the first-ever State of the County address

Government, Politics & Issues

Page says he’s waiting on police report on office sex tape, Fitch pushing new law

Jonathan Ahl

While the Missouri Highway Patrol investigates a St. Louis County office sex tape, Councilman Tim Fitch is pushing to make sex on county property illegal.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced plans for the state to help combat violent crime in St. Louis and St. Louis County. Sept. 19, 2019

Government, Politics & Issues

Parson Pledges State Troopers, Victim Support In Plan To Curb Violent Crime In St. Louis Region

Rachel Lippmann

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has pledged money and manpower to help St. Louis and St. Louis County address an increase in violent crime.“We know that we have…

Susan DeCourcy, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminsitration, speaks at the launch of the 2019 Click It or Ticket campaign on May 20, 2019.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri, Illinois Step Up Seat Belt Enforcement

Rachel Lippmann

Police departments in Missouri and Illinois are joining law enforcement across the nation over this Memorial Day weekend to crack down on drivers and…

Tenele Griffon waits Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, to have fingerprints taken for a background check in order to start a new job driving school buses in Hazelwood. Griffon and other educators waited more than six hours to have the mandatory checks completed.

Education

Switch in background check provider leaves school workers waiting for fingerprinting

Ryan Delaney

Tenele Griffon rested his head on an umbrella as he sat on a wooden bench at the end of a line of people in DuBourg Hall at Saint Louis University. He was…

Protesters are greeted by a wall of police officers after a march to the Ferguson Police department on August 11, 2014.

Government, Politics & Issues

Justice Department's Ferguson report gets its own criticism and praise

Rachel Lippmann

A report from the Department of Justice on how police responded to protests in Ferguson following the shooting death of Michael Brown last summer has…

Protesters are greeted by lines of state and county police during a demonstration march on the Ferguson police station on August 11, 2014.

Government, Politics & Issues

Justice Department report finds uncoordinated police response to Ferguson protests

Rachel Lippmann

A report by the U.S. Department of Justice examines a chaotic and often uncoordinated response to the protests that erupted after the shooting death of…