Judge rules St. Louis did not short the police department by $68M in current budget ^9.3%

STLPR - By Rachel Lippmann - 6/2/2026, 9:04 PM

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The City of St. Louis will not have to give its police department an extra $68 million before June 30. In a ruling handed down Tuesday, Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty wrote that Rams settlement funds and the city’s budget reserves should not be counted as revenue when determining the minimum funding for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police... more