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The families of some of the 17 people who died after a duck boat sank in Table Rock Lake say federal prosecutors might delay their efforts to get answers about the July 19 crash. Federal prosecutors have asked a judge ...

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The staff of Missouri Lawyers Weekly won nine awards in the 2017 Missouri Press Foundation Better Newspaper contest — including a first-place finish in the category for best online newspaper or website.

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Sen. Claire McCaskill cast herself as a moderate Democrat who works well with Republicans. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, her Republican challenger, continually reminded the audience at the Missouri Press Association Convention that he’s “not just another Washington liberal.”

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The fate of a southeast Missouri nail manufacturer suffering under President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs has put Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley in a bind between his support for the president’s trade strategy and a local plant that says it ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 11 affirmed a defense verdict in a medical-malpractice wrongful-death case, finding that five experts for the defense wasn’t too many.

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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering the validity of a $7 million verdict that a former administrative law judge won against the state.

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Missouri’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and Republican challenger Josh Hawley on Wednesday released their 2017 tax returns, however, McCaskill’s decision not to release her rich husband’s return prompted GOP allegations that she’s not as open as she should be ...

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The July pass rate for the Missouri Bar exam has declined, diverging from a higher-than-usual pass rate last summer.

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The Missouri Supreme Court recently declined to intervene in a disciplinary case against a public defender, despite allegations that the admonition was entered without due process.

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A St. Louis suburb will revise a law that allowed for eviction of residents who made repeated emergency calls after a lawsuit alleged that the ordinance punished victims of domestic violence. The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday announced the ...

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The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo.” Attorney General Josh Hawley’s lawsuit ...

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