Brian Lock, KMBZ Kansas City reporter, joins Michael Calhoun to provide updates on the recent convictions of those responsible for the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones caught her Board of Aldermen by surprise, announcing the city would be implementing a hiring freeze of non essential personnel while they were in session.
 

Emily Manley, Fox 2 Capitol reporter, joins Michael Calhoun to discuss the latest from Jefferson City in regards to the House approving an earnings tax bill exempting non-city remote workers.

The East West Gateway Council of Governments meeting ended with fireworks, as leaders from St. Louis and St. Charles sparred over how to solve violent crime and police officer hiring levels.

At least one school district says it'll fight back against what it calls false accusations by Missouri's Attorney General. A lawyer representing Hazelwood Schools tells KMOX the district is considering seeking action against Andrew Bailey from the group which licenses attorneys.

Bailey claims diversity and inclusion initiatives resulted in the recent brutal beating of a teenage student.  District attorney Cindy Ormsby sent a response and talked with KMOX about why it was SO scathing, and what could come next.

The next few days are all about Rwanda, as a top economic official from the African nation holds meetings in the St. Louis area. Michael Calhoun is joined by World Trade Center St. Louis Executive Director Tim Nowak to explain.

Michael Calhoun is joined by fellow KMOX news reporter Megan Lynch to discuss the breaking story of St. Louis County alleging drug manufacturers of price gouging insulin products.

Rebecca Rivas, reporter for the Missouri Independent, joins Michael Calhoun to provide updates on a state hearing after 60,000 cannabis products were recalled after finding hemp-infused THC derived from out-of-state

Emily Manley, Missouri Chief Capitol reporter for FOX 2, joins Michael Calhoun to discuss the tax plans by Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates, namely Jay Ashcroft and Bill Eigel, who want to eliminate Missouri’s income tax.

House Minority Leader Crystal Quade of Springfield, a Democrat running for governor, said Missouri’s current tax system needs reform, but “trusting the same people who thought up the failed Brownback debacle in Kansas would be laughable if the stakes for hardworking Missouri families weren’t so dire.”

Another candidate in the Democratic primary, businessman Mike Hamra of Springfield, sounded a similar note:

“This is a strategy for earning Grover Norquist’s support and funding in the primary, not a realistic plan for moving Missouri forward. Kansas tried this experiment a decade ago with disastrous results – a budget crisis, schools closing weeks early, multiple credit downgrades, and slowed economic growth.”

Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights has new staff in place to meet a very unique need for its patients. The children's hospital has hired people to do nothing but play. KMOX’s Megan Lynch speaks with the staff to get insight into this special form of treatment.