Jonathan Ahl
Jonathan Ahl reports from the Rolla Bureau for St. Louis Public Radio. Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in November of 2018, Jonathan was the General Manager for Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois. He previously was the News Director at Iowa Public Radio and before that at WCBU in Peoria, Illinois. Jonathan has also held reporting positions in central Illinois for public radio stations.
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Follow along for the last day of Missouri's 2021 legislative session -
A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bi-partisan, compromise bill.
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Missouri's budget does not include money to extend Medicaid to 275,000 low-income people, despite a constitutional amendment approved by voters.
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The House passed a wide-ranging bill with amendments including limits on local government closures and regulations on how school boards hear from angry parents.
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The Missouri legislature is considering a number of proposals that would change how ballot initiatives get before voters and the requirements needed to vote.
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The current version of the state budget does not include funding for the voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
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UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T all have more first-time college students committed to coming this fall than at the same time last year.
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A series of videos on YouTube and Facebook in Spanish are designed to get new visitors to the state's parks.
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Former state senator and state representative Scott Sifton is entering the race for U.S. Senate in 2022.
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The USDA has published final rules for hemp production in 2021, although Midwest farmers could still be in for a difficult year.
