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Hospitals and patients have sued to block a new nationwide liver transplant policy that they say will waste viable livers, lead to fewer transplants and likely cause deaths. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the United Network ...

Billboards towering over an African-American cemetery in suburban St. Louis desecrate the memory of the people buried there, a volunteer who tends to the facility claims in a lawsuit seeking their removal. Wanda Brandon’s lawsuit seeks an injunction that would ...

A St. Louis County judge on Monday refused to lower bail for a former Catholic priest who was previously imprisoned and labeled sexually violent. Fred Lenczycki, 74, of suburban Chicago, was charged in February with two counts of sodomy for ...

In its ongoing federal lawsuit, which was filed in February 2018 and recently survived a motion to dismiss, Major Brands alleges that rival Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the largest distributor in North America, improperly took away her business with Jägermeister.

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Visitors to a conservation area in southern Missouri could soon have more acreage to explore along the Jacks Fork River. The Missouri Conservation Commission approved a plan this month to acquire nearly 1,200 acres (490 hectares) of Shannon County land ...

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For the second time, Missouri Lawyers Media will honor 27 attorneys from around the state with its ICON Awards for their notable and sustained success and leadership both within and beyond the field of law.

The Missouri House passed legislation Thursday that could effectively block one of the nation’s largest wind energy projects by prohibiting its developers from using eminent domain to run a high-voltage power line across the Midwest. The House vote targets a ...

Two appeals court judges have expressed skepticism that newly discovered evidence from a 35-year-old murder case could prove favorable to a woman convicted of killing her husband and serving a life sentence in prison.

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A bill to change how Missouri colleges and universities handle complaints of sexual assault and harassment hit a roadblock in the state Senate Wednesday, raising questions about its chances of passing this year. At issue is how schools handle alleged ...

Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are calling for the resignation of University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal over what they say was his inadequate response to the disruption of a conservative speaker’s appearance last week. Lawmakers also threatened to ...

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Two years ago, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a hefty jury verdict to stand against a Missouri county that failed to supervise an abusive officer. But on April 11, a lawsuit that made similar claims against a ...

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