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A federal appeals court is considering whether a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases require states to adopt special parole procedures to ensure the constitutional rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a 2016 law granting juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole the chance for a hearing before the state parole board, denying a prison inmate’s challenge of the law.

Missouri prisons have seen a surge of inmate deaths connected to the coronavirus this month, prompting civil rights leaders to urge additional steps to protect prisoners and staff.

In Chillicothe, north of town, near the planned site of a massive hog farming operation, yard signs reading “farms not factories” are staked all over, demonstrating a strong level of opposition to a project that is on track for state approval.

The Missouri Supreme Court is wrestling with how much leeway the state constitution gives lawmakers to regulate unions that represent public employees.

The U.S. government now plans to execute the first female inmate in almost six decades just days before President-elect Joe Biden, an opponent of the death penalty, takes office. Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery said Monday that the Justice Department rescheduled her execution for Jan. 12. Biden's inauguration comes Jan. 20.

Hospital beds across Missouri are nearly four-fifths full, and capacity is even more limited in intensive care units as the coronavirus pandemic continues its autumn surge.

A Missouri judge is weighing the constitutionality of the state public defender system’s use of wait lists for thousands of indigent defendants.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Nov. 17 that a woman who was fired after several unexcused absences is not owed unemployment compensation, even though she argues that her missed days weren’t her fault.

Despite the warning signs and flashing lights, trucks just can’t seem to stop hitting a Kansas City, Missouri, overpass. The Kansas City Star reports that the bridge on Independence Avenue is struck so often that it has its own satirical ...

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation plans to commit $120 million to promote racial equity and fight hunger. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the five-year pledge announced Monday by the philanthropic arm of the suburban St. Louis-based rental car company also calls ...