Alert Messenger: Judge rips Missouri, again, for ‘intentional’ violation of Sunshine Law Sep 26, 2024 Sep 26, 2024 0 The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City is photographed on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? 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It’s a ‘serious problem.’ Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Tony Messenger Messenger: Pine Lawn vows to stop hiding public records. Will Jennings be next? Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Tony Messenger Messenger: Judge orders 51ºÚÁÏ to release secret audit of police shooting investigations Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch 51ºÚÁÏ metro columnist Tony Messenger thanks his readers and explains how to get in contact with him. 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Messenger: A ‘monumental’ health care win for 51ºÚÁÏ County? No, just huge spending. Derrick Melton has a salary topping $190,000, plus a car allowance, to run a 51ºÚÁÏ County program that doesn’t yet exist. Messenger: Another Missouri public hospital hides its records. A journalist pushes back. Effort is part of a trend in public hospitals, where elected officials avoid scrutiny by contracting services. Secrecy by Missouri officials could cost taxpayers again Taxpayers may be on the hook for about $130,000 in legal fees.
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Tony Messenger Messenger: Legal fight over police ID numbers in Missouri is really about accountability Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Tony Messenger Messenger: Ballwin man asked about privacy. Police chief ran a background check on him. Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Tony Messenger Messenger: St. Francois County jail lost 30 years of records. It’s a ‘serious problem.’ Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Tony Messenger Messenger: Pine Lawn vows to stop hiding public records. Will Jennings be next? Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Tony Messenger Messenger: Judge orders 51ºÚÁÏ to release secret audit of police shooting investigations Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today
Messenger: A ‘monumental’ health care win for 51ºÚÁÏ County? No, just huge spending. Derrick Melton has a salary topping $190,000, plus a car allowance, to run a 51ºÚÁÏ County program that doesn’t yet exist.
Messenger: Another Missouri public hospital hides its records. A journalist pushes back. Effort is part of a trend in public hospitals, where elected officials avoid scrutiny by contracting services.Â
Secrecy by Missouri officials could cost taxpayers again Taxpayers may be on the hook for about $130,000 in legal fees.