Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster plans to create a new task force to focus on urban violence. The attorney general's office says the panel could start work in late spring with meetings in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Koster, a Democrat, won a second term this past November. During his re-election campaign, he said he was considering task forces to focus on urban crime and to evaluate the annual report on law enforcement traffic stops.
The Missouri attorney general's office is investigating reports that water well drillers may have been taking advantage of landowners hit hard by drought.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reports raising more than a half-million dollars during the past quarter for his re-election campaign.
Candidates filed reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission laying out their fundraising activities from April through the end of June.
Koster, a Democrat, reported that his campaign raised $572,000 during the past three months and had nearly $2.4 million in available cash at the start of July.