St. Louis police board moved $3M out of its facilities fund, then took reporters on a tour of crumbling buildings to make the case for a massive budget increase
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If a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its shoes on, then by the time JB Pritzker got to the podium Tuesday morning, the lie had already lapped him twice.
Here’s what flight records and court records actually showed: www.ksdk.com/article/news...
St. Louis could have millions more in city revenue and cleaner streets. Instead, it has countless abandoned cars littering the curbs and a boots rusting in a city storage locker somewhere for the last eight years. Which would you rather have? www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Saint Louis University says Customs and Border Protection will not participate in its March 4 career fair after students circulated a petition objecting to the agency’s presence. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Police followed the rules. The math checks out. (Sort of… if you fudge the nominator).
But “cleared” doesn’t mean case closed, criminal charged, or convicted.
A closer look at St. Louis homicide stats.
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With ICE protests planned for tomorrow, Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle is speaking out on the use of deadly force. “On the local level, we try to build relations while they’re destroying them on the federal level.” Calls it “frustrating” because “that trickles back down to us.”
In its snarky, irreverent ‘Fallen Arches’ awards column, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks back at 2025 and asks, “Are Missouri's politicians corrupt, or just stupid? Why not both?” www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
Big development: Public Safety Committee Chairman Bret Narayan says tomorrow’s hearing to interview potential “interim” sheriff candidates is now canceled. Reality sinking in at City Hall after a misguided, premature rush to hold a special election. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
St. Louis sheriff election push faces legal hurdles, $400K cost, and questions over who really decides www.ksdk.com/article/news...
BREAKING: St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will not seek re-election in 2026
The plans were "hypothetical." The cost to see them was $150.
A handful of Festus residents recently scraped together enough money to find out what was happening to their city. Here's what they found: www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Hawley calls it “a bad idea.”
“There needs to be accountability for the Biden DOJ’s outrageous abuse of the separation of powers, but the right way to do that is through public hearings, tough oversight, including of the complicit telecomm companies, and prosecution where warranted.”
Tucked inside the Senate’s 394-page shutdown deal: a clause that could give Josh Hawley and seven other Republicans at least $1 million each.
House voting on the funding bill now.
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A Staunton restaurant owner’s detention by ICE has divided a small town and reignited big political questions about immigration enforcement.
Full story: www.ksdk.com/article/news...
The City of St. Louis sued former Congresswoman Cori Bush over $6,390 in unpaid taxes. Court records show process servers tried three times to reach her before assigning a special server. Bush paid the balance last week, and the case will now be dismissed. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
They called her Rosie the Riveter, she was really Betty from down the block. She left lying about her age, returned with the kind of loss that makes you grow up too fast. Eighty years later, the country finally said thanks. She didn’t need it. But we did. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
The husband of former Congresswoman Cori Bush is asking a federal judge to throw out the fraud case against him, claiming he’s being prosecuted for political reasons. His attorneys argue no other pandemic era fraud cases this small have been charged. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Illinois
“I have seen no credible evidence that there is a danger of a rebellion in the state of Illinois,” a federal judge said.
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Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u... via @nytimes.com
The Democratic National Committee is wading into Missouri’s redistricting fight, announcing new investments to block what it calls “rigged” Republican maps signed into law this weekend by Gov. Mike Kehoe.
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As a personal note, I always appreciated Governor Edgar’s warmth, candor, and patience. He’d always pick up the phone or call me back as soon as he could. No question was beneath him. In a field full of self-centered egos, he had a rare set of qualities. A true public servant.
Jim Edgar, who served two terms as Illinois governor, dead at 79.
After leaving public office, Edgar devoted much of his life to teaching younger generations how they could meaningfully engage and impact public policy.
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A sheriff's deputy just took a DNA test. Turns out, he's 100% not the son of Whitfield Montgomery.
Sheriff cites DNA test to fight nepotism charge, seeks dismissal in ouster case
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Missouri leads the nation in Black homicide rates, with Illinois close behind. Inside the numbers and the fight to save lives. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Parents and leaders in Illinois are denouncing a Proud Boys billboard near a Breese high school. “Dangerous, violent, extremist.” www.ksdk.com/article/news...
“I don’t even drink and I feel like I need a drink.”
Seniors like Glenise Walker say filing tornado claims is overwhelming, but help is out there.
NEW FEMA deadline: Aug. 26
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China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare
“GoLaxy tracks & collects info on more than 2,000 American political & public figures, 4,000 right-wing influencers & supporters of President Trump, in addition to journalists, scholars & entrepreneurs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Illinois gerrymandering is trending now that Texas Democrats have fled there to break a quorum and block a hardball remap ahead of the midterms.
Reminder: When he first ran for Governor in 2018, JB Pritzker vowed to back fair maps. Then Dems did this: youtu.be/uxx5faV4XF4?...
Governor JB Pritzker is in East St Louis criticizing President Trump’s cuts to SNAP. He slams tariffs as “a tax on us.” Rev. Gary Gaston opens the panel discussion telling Pritzker, “We need a president like you.”
Who will claim Durbin’s downstate mantle? Krishnamoorthi courts labor as Stratton, Kelly eye blue-collar voters downstate. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
