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Read More »Cole County judge strikes down laws on collecting referendum signatures
A Cole County judge has struck down two laws governing the collection of referendum petition signatures after ruling the laws violate the Missouri constitution by impeding and interfering with the public’s right to a referendum.
Read More »U.S. judge dismisses duck boat employee indictments
Saying the court lacked jurisdiction in the case, a federal judge has thrown out charges against three men accused of criminal misconduct and negligence leading to the 2018 sinking of a duck boat on Table Rock Lake, which killed 17 people.
Read More »Justice Department studies Kansas City’s contract practices
The Justice Department is investigating whether Kansas City’s practice of setting aside about 30% of its public contracting and procurement contracts for small businesses owned by minorities and women is discriminatory.
Read More »Missouri AG joins Texas suit aimed at reversing Trump loss
Missouri’s Republican attorney general has brought the state into an effort by GOP officials across the nation to reverse President Donald Trump’s election loss.
Read More »Coronavirus changes swearing in for Gov. Parson, lawmakers
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's inaugural committee plans to postpone the traditional inaugural ball and parade and will have a scaled-down swearing-in ceremony next month in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith
Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the world.
Read More »Judge cuts peach farm’s punitives to $60M
A federal judge has slashed a massive punitive damages award to a southeast Missouri peach farm in its case against BASF and Monsanto stemming from drift of the herbicide dicamba.
Read More »Missouri referendum petition laws ruled unconstitutional
Laws used by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last year to slow the collection of signatures on a referendum seeking to overturn the state's restrictive abortion laws are unconstitutional, a circuit court judge has ruled.
Read More »Missouri cites 161 additional COVID-19 deaths
Missouri’s death toll from the coronavirus rose sharply Tuesday, when the state announced 161 new fatalities.
Read More »St. Louis County police chief urged to address racism
A group composed largely of Black police officers has urged St. Louis County's police chief to address long-standing racial concerns within the department.
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