Missouri's attorney general is resigning to take a leadership position with the FBI. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey says Monday that he is resigning effective Sept. 8 and will serve as co-deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Missouri will need a new attorney general for the third time in six years as Andrew Bailey announced on Monday that he plans to step down to become co-deputy director of the FBI. “My life has been defined by a call to service,

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday named Republican Catherine Hanaway as the state’s next attorney general to succeed Andrew Bailey, who is resigning to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation.