Rachel Lippmann
Justice Reporter, St. Louis Public RadioRachel Lippmann covers courts, public safety and city politics for St. Louis Public Radio. (She jokingly refers to them as the “nothing ever happens beats.”) She joined the NPR Member station in her hometown in 2008, after spending two years in Lansing covering the Michigan Capitol and various other state political shenanigans for NPR Member stations there. Though she’s a native St. Louisan, part of her heart definitely remains in the Mitten. (And no, she’s not going to tell you where she went to high school.)
Rachel has an undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism, and a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. When she’s not busy pursuing the latest scoop, you can find her mentoring her Big Brothers Big Sisters match, hitting the running and biking paths in south St. Louis, catching the latest sporting event on TV, playing with every dog she possibly can, or spending time with the great friends she’s met in more than nine years in this city.
Rachel’s on Twitter @rlippmann. Even with 240 characters, spellings are still phonetic.
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St. Louis residents Mark and Patricia McCloskey were charged after pointing guns at George Floyd protesters who marched through their street. After being pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, Mark McCloskey is suing to have his guns returned. -
The lawsuit filed on behalf of two longtime police reform advocates says the takeover violates a ban on special laws and amounts to an unfunded mandate. Multiple lawsuits have previously challenged Missouri's control of Kansas City Police. -
Two rulings from a Kansas City judge had allowed abortions in the state to resume while a challenge to its near-total ban proceeded to trial. -
The EF3 tornado caused at least $1 billion in damage in the city of St. Louis alone. At the storm’s peak, more than 100,000 lost power. Five people were confirmed dead and dozens of residents were hospitalized with injuries. -
A dispensary in St. Louis County sued over the marijuana sales taxes levied by both Florissant and St. Louis County, resulting in a total tax of 6% on weed sales. -
The lawsuit filed by the MacArthur Justice Center says that in the summer, the lack of air conditioning or heat solutions at Missouri's Algoa Correctional Center violate the constitutional rights of people detained there. -
Daniel Paulino is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from Velda City, a municipality of about 1,200 people in north St. Louis county. -
Tonia Haddix, the subject of the Netflix documentary “Chimp Crazy,” admitted that she lied in court proceedings about the status of a chimp named Tonka, and that her lies affected a civil case against her. -
The community policing and engagement plan is one of the last major actions required by a 2016 federal consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. "We are not the police department of 2014," said one longtime resident. -
Missouri voters approved Proposition A by a martin of 15% and more than 445,000 votes. But business groups argue that the ballot measure violates state law.
