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Courts told to cut $500,000 before July 
State revenue continues to decline, so Gov. Jay Nixon says the state must cut another $126 million to get through the current fiscal year. Missouri courts must share in the pain, coming up with $500,000 in cuts between now and June 30. The administration left it to the judiciary and the Office of State Courts Administrator [...]
Continue reading...Nixon proposes slight cut for judiciary, increase for public defenders
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon proposed a $170,000 reduction to the Missouri judiciary’s budget next year, as well as a $2 million increase to the state’s Public Defender System. The Fiscal Year 2011 budget was released last night along with Nixon’s State of the State Address in Jefferson City. Nixon’s proposals aren’t set in stone. The House and Senate [...]
Continue reading...Governor names Wilson to Cole County court
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The always busy circuit court in Jefferson City won’t be left wanting with Judge Richard Callahan’s resignation. Gov. Jay Nixon today says he’s appointing longtime state litigator Paul Wilson to serve as circuit judge for the 19th Circuit. Callahan is stepping down Jan. 15 to become the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Wilson [...]
Continue reading...Bryan Cave attorney Walker named to poet laureate committee
Thursday, December 24, 2009
When she’s not putting together real estate and construction contracts, Bryan Cave attorney Cheryl D.S. Walker will be critiquing meter and rhyme. Walker, who is of counsel in Bryan Cave’s St. Louis office, is one of the five members of an advisory committee that will help select Missouri’s second poet laureate. Gov. Jay Nixon today signed an [...]
Continue reading...State, municipal courts unhappy with DWI proposal
Monday, December 14, 2009
Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to shift some DWI cases from municipal courts to state courts is drawing fire from some who say the move will overburden state courts and drain revenue from cities. Nixon unveiled an array of proposals last week aimed at altering the way the state deals with DWIs. One pitch includes barring municipal [...]
Continue reading...Gov. Nixon appoints new Scott County circuit clerk
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Christy M. Hency, of Oran, as Scott County Circuit Clerk. Hency, 36, replaces Pam Glastetter, whose resignation as circuit clerk was effective Nov. 30. Hency has worked in the Scott County circuit clerk’s office since February 2004 and also was a clerk with the office from 1997 to 2000. As chief deputy [...]
Continue reading...Nixon appoints lawyer to Administrative Hearing Commission
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Philip G. Smith, 63, of Louisiana, Mo., to the Administrative Hearing Commission. Smith is an attorney in private practice in Louisiana. He served for 12 years as state representative. The AHC is an administrative tribunal that hears disputes involving state agencies. Smith was appointed for a term ending June 22, 2015.
Continue reading...Nixon calls for tougher DWI laws
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Gov. Jay Nixon renewed his commitment to revamping the state’s driving while intoxicated statutes today in Jefferson City. But the first-term governor said that finding common ground on the substance of those changes wouldn’t be a simple task. “It’s a difficult issue because it cuts across all kinds of jurisdictional lines,” Nixon said, noting that the [...]
Continue reading...Labor and education lawyer appointed to Public Defender Commission
Monday, November 2, 2009
Gov. Jay Nixon appointed St. Louis lawyer Nancy M. Watkins to the Public Defender Commission. Watkins, 52, practices labor and education law as an of counsel lawyer for Schuchat, Cook & Werner (click here to read her bio). She received her law degree in 1981 from the University of Missouri. She co-wrote Wrongful Discharge: Breach of [...]
Continue reading...Nixon appoints Martin as judge for Western District
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Cynthia Reams Martin has been named an appellate judge. She beat out two candidates who already wear a black robe to work. Gov. Jay Nixon today announced he tapped Martin, a Lee’s Summit attorney, to fill a vacancy on the Western District Court of Appeals. Martin takes over the spot left by Joe Dandurand, who went [...]
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- Former police officer sentenced for stealing
- 8th District’s chief judge stepping down
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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