A judge in Cole County has expressed skepticism over parts of a 2025 law that placed the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department back under state control.
A trial challenging the constitutionality of the law wrapped up Thursday at the courthouse in Jefferson City. Circuit Judge Daniel Green will issue his ruling at a later date.
The lawsuit filed by St. Louis activists and taxpayers Jamala Rogers and Mike Milton argued that portions of the bill setting minimum required percentages of funding for the department and expanding the number of people eligible for lifetime health insurance coverage violated the ban on unfunded mandates because they did not come with any additional state funding…