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Hear more about the state takeover of the police department on The 314 Podcast. The bill to return control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a board appointed by Missouri’s governor ...

EPA is evaluating the Texas Railroad Commission's formal primacy application. If granted, Texas will assume primary enforcement authority—or primacy—over Class VI wells. Carbon capture and storage ...

As Missouri stands on the verge of controlling the police forces in Kansas City and St. Louis, new polling suggests that Missouri voters oppose the idea of state control in policing. The poll, ...

St. Louis Police are now required to get 25 percent of the city's general fund spending. But that's not all. How much will the City of St. Louis spend on policing now that the police are under state ...

Partisan control of at least eight legislative chambers across the country is up for grabs this November, battles that will go a long way in determining the fate of a litany of hot-button issues ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Missouri lawmakers are moving forward with efforts to put the St. Louis police force under state control. Governor Mike Kehoe said this would improve Missouri’s economy ...

A state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is potentially two votes away from passing the Missouri legislature. Members of the state Senate debated for nearly 10 hours Wednesday ...