Taxes
Missouri House committee recommends St. Louis, Kansas City end earnings taxes(The Center Square) – A House special committee recommends lessening and eliminating the earnings tax in Missouri’s largest cities and also supporting a lawsuit against St. Louis. In 2021, a… Read More
Missouri, Taxes
Kansas City praised, St. Louis criticized during House hearing on earnings tax(The Center Square) – Republicans on a special House interim committee examining the 1% earnings tax in St. Louis and Kansas City are scheduling hearings in both cities after praising… Read More
Missouri, St. Louis
Missouri House speaker: St. Louis’ crime, taxes will be focus during 2024 session(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis will be an important area to focus on during the 2024 legislation session, according to Missouri’s speaker of the House of… Read More
COVID-19
Third Missourian pleads not guilty to fraud in obtaining $185K in pandemic funds(The Center Square) – The third of three people charged in two schemes to fraudulently obtain more than $185,000 through federal pandemic financial assistance pleaded not guilty to charges. Shonta… Read More
Missouri
Historic slate of Missouri Supreme Court nominees approved, sent to Gov. Mike ParsonThree Missouri appeals court judges have been nominated for a state Supreme Court seat – including one who made history with her appointment only last year, and would… Read More
Missouri
Parson says radioactive waste is federal problem, not Missouri legislature’s(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson will not call a special session as requested Tuesday by House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, to allocate money for the… Read More
Josh Hawley
‘The illnesses are ongoing’: Tempered celebration, as Hawley bill to compensate St. Louis-area radiation victims put into defense actDawn Chapman was pregnant with all three of her children while living near WWII radioactive waste in a landfill outside of St. Louis. Today, she says while breaking… Read More
St. Louis
Hawley blocking Energy Department promotions, raises until feds do more to monitor, clean up, pay up after St. Louis radioactive contaminationThe federal government never really cleaned up WWII-era radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, and still isn’t even properly monitoring it, argues an increasingly indignant Missouri Sen. Read More
Law Enforcement
St. Louis Rep. Cori Bush tops half a million in private security funding while clinging to defunding police that protect the publicIt’s difficult to imagine many prominent public figures don’t receive threats in today’s weird, wired world. But U.S. Rep. Cori Bush seems to have set up her own… Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Holiday weekend violence stuns St. Louis with half a dozen shootings, including murder-suicide killing woman, two childrenA woman and three of her children were shot by her boyfriend Monday night in a murder-suicide barrage in suburban St. Louis that left only a 9-year-old girl… Read More
China
Missouri attorney general probes China ‘service center’ in St. Louis after FBI raid on illegal Chinese ‘police station’ in New YorkThe Missouri attorney general is investigating the actions of an alleged Chinese Communist Party-linked “service center” in St. Louis, The Daily Caller reports. Read More
Jobs, St. Louis
Average wage in Ripley County $48K less than St. Louis(The Center Square) – The city of St. Louis had the highest average annual wage across all private industries in 2022 and Ripley County had the lowest, according to an… Read More
Missouri
Analysis: 50% of school buses fail inspection in St. Louis, Jefferson City(The Center Square) – School buses that operate in St. Louis and Jefferson City's public school districts had high rates of failed inspections performed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol,… Read More
St. Louis
St. Louis Zoo unveils plans for interactive children’s Destination Discovery projectST. LOUIS, Mo. – The St. Louis Zoo has shut down the 51-year-old Emerson Children’s Zoo and has unveiled plans to reignite the area with an interactive experience… Read More
Courts, St. Louis
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner abruptly resigns immediately Tuesday after promising to leave office June 1Beleaguered St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner suddenly and immediately resigned Tuesday, a little over two weeks before her previously announced June 1 departure date. Gardner… Read More
Courts, Missouri
As her office crumbles beneath her, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigns, while blaming ‘outsiders’As she faced ouster for nonperformance and a hemorrhaging of prosecutors from her office, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner Thursday suddenly announced… Read More
Missouri Legislature
Missouri’s highways ranked 11th as Senate considers $2.8 billion expansion of I-70(The Center Square) – Missouri’s highways received high marks in new research, and the state Senate Appropriations Committee is recommending a huge investment for its east-west interstate highway. The Reason… Read More
Marijuana
Lucas’ summary for all Missouri politicians: ‘Thank y’all for the weed tax money’(The Center Square) – Democratic Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas provided a succinct summary for most of Missouri’s elected leaders after Tuesday’s elections. “Thank y’all for the weed tax money,”… Read More
Public Safety, St. Louis
Staff shortages won’t allow Missouri Highway Patrol to assist St. Louis police(The Center Square) – As a bill moves through the Missouri House of Representatives to return the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to state control, don’t expect an increased presence… Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Missouri auditor subpoenas reeling St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for financial records as part of ongoing auditThe Missouri auditor Thursday issued a subpoena to embattled and combative St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for financial records and policy guidelines. Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick… Read More