St. Louis Metropolitan Police

Beginning Wednesday, the military force will assist in impacted city neighborhoods to sort through debris and take it to landfills.

La agencia federal afirma que Brayan Garzón-Rayo no recibió una evaluación de salud mental debido a la escasez de personal ese día y a que posteriormente dio positivo por COVID-19.

The federal agency says Brayan Garzón-Rayo did not receive a mental health evaluation due to staffing shortages that day and later testing positive for COVID-19.

Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera.

Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.

While there is nothing in the recently signed legislation requiring buy-in from state senators who represent St. Louis, there is recent precedent in which a lawmaker torpedoed nominations he didn’t like.

With both chambers approving the legislation, the bill now goes to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who made the issue one of his priorities.

The Senate is expected to approve the bill on Monday. Because the Senate made changes to the House bill, it would go back to that chamber for another vote.

The House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides.

The legislation would move control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor.