Former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway was appointed Tuesday as Missouri's next attorney general, vowing a tough-on-crime approach as her predecessor leaves for a job with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

After the resignation of Andrew Bailey to serve in the Trump administration, Catherine Hanaway will be Missouri's fourth attorney general since 2018. She was the first and only woman to serve as speaker of Missouri House of Representatives,

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.