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The report from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey didn't include a "disparity index" showing whether police stopped drivers in minority groups more frequently than white drivers.

During a public budget hearing, Kansas City Police budget officials told city council that $3.5 million would be enough to cover legal expenses. Two months later, the board announced $18.1 million in lawsuit settlements — a surprise to city officials, who don't have any control over the department.

A state law prevents companies like Evergy from being sued if police place cameras on the utility poles they own. Some Kansas lawmakers worry that expands police powers too much.

Senate Bill 71 expands the death benefit for officers killed in the line of duty to $100,000.

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.

Kansas Citians are fed up with dangerous and reckless street racing and stunt driving, which led to the injury of one officer earlier this month. KCPD Police Chief Stacey Graves said the department has operations planned to curb it, and are working with elected officials to increase penalties for participants and spectators.

Cameron Lamb's mother settled her lawsuit over then-KCPD detective Eric DeValkenaere's shooting of her son for $4.1 million. Money will also go to the mothers of Lamb's children.

A new Missouri law gives a state board control over the St. Louis Police Department, instead of the mayor, similar to the system in Kansas City. The lawsuit calls it an unfunded mandate because it requires the city to spend a certain percentage of its budget on police.

Three weeks after an investigative report from The Midwest Newsroom, the Lincoln Police Dept. removed the captain from his leadership of its Special Victims Unit.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will no longer be under the control of the mayor’s office and instead will be overseen by a governor-appointed board. It's similar to the Confederate-era system that manages Kansas City Police.

As Missouri lawmakers enter the second half of the legislative session, they are considering bills to amend or repeal the voter-approved measure that ended the state’s near-total abortion ban. They also must pass a state budget. Plus: Layoffs and court-ordered rehiring have all but paralyzed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development agency.

Kansas votó abrumadoramente por el presidente Donald Trump. Entonces, ¿por qué muchas autoridades locales dudan en ayudar a su administración a llevar a cabo sus objetivos de política migratoria?