State Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, says the level of racial disparity found in the latest Vehicle Stops Report is a crisis for the state of Missouri. 

The House Special Committee on Criminal Justice is seeking to close the gap between the rate at which black and white drivers are stopped by police. The committee is encouraging conversations with community members and law enforcement through a hearing to be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Louis County Council chambers.

The Senate has voted 97-2 to approve a bill that will virtually ensure permanent funding for rescue workers whose work after the Sept. 11 attacks caused health problems.

The House passed the bill last month, and President Trump is expected to approve it, ending a years-long ordeal for the victims after concerns that the fund was on the verge of running out of money.

State Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, says the level of racial disparity found in the latest Vehicle Stops Report is a crisis for the state of Missouri. 

The House Special Committee on Criminal Justice is seeking to close the gap between the rate at which black and white drivers are stopped by police. The committee is encouraging conversations with community members and law enforcement through a hearing to be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Louis County Council chambers.

Dennis Carpenter, the embattled Lee’s Summit superintendent who clashed with the school board over an equity plan, has resigned.

Carpenter, the district’s first black superintendent, received a one-year contract extension in March and will leave with $750,000, a portion of which will be paid by insurance. Details of the agreement have not been released yet.

A Facebook video showing an immigration agent in Kansas City smashing the window of a car and dragging out an undocumented immigrant marks a newly aggressive approach by Immigration Customs and Enforcement.

It also has provoked community outrage, along with questions about whether the agency complied with the law and the extent to which the Kansas City Police Department is lending assistance to ICE operations.