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>> so democrats in the state senate, they were able to temporarily block the bill, but are unlikely to be able to hold it off for a long. as you mentioned, the session ends on may 12th. how are you preparing for its effect? what do you most concerned about? >> well, i'm most concerned about our police chief. we just hired the first external police chief in our city's history, and he just started on january 9th. he needs time to bring proof and strategies to bay here and st. louis, you can help us on our quest to transform public safety. right now, he has one boss, but a state control if, the s...

Louis here? >> the state legislature is trying to take us backwards into a civil war era law that would control the police departments of st. louis and kansas city. my, to st. louis's police department is still under state control. about ten years ago, there were statewide referendum, the voters of missouri overwhelmingly adopted a law that allowed st. louis to have local control over its police department. state control was a hot mess back then. it was a hot mess when we had, it it's a hot mess in kansas city right now. this is just experiencing its three most violent years on record. >> why ...

Mayor Tishaura Jones hasn't changed her stance against state control of St. Louis police, and she made that clear during Tuesday's State of the City address.

Over the past few years, the Covid pandemic and the various responses to it turned vaccines into a major talking point – appropriately or oddly, depending on perspective, given the importance of vaccines to public health for the past two hundred plus years.