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As a freshman congressman, Republican Ted Budd seems to have several strikes against him as he faces his first re-election in his North Carolina district. He belongs to the same party as the president, a historical negative in midterm elections. ...

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Missouri voters go to the polls on Nov. 6 to pick the next Missouri Legislature and, with it, a new crop of lawyer-legislators.

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Missouri’s multimillion-dollar bingo game industry has been in steady decline, however, it could find relief under a ballot proposal that aims to alleviate the shortage of workers. The Amendment 4 proposal on the Nov. 6 ballot would remove language from ...

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Marijuana legalization. An increase in the minimum wage. Expansion of Medicaid. Come Election Day, voters in a batch of Republican-dominated states will weigh in on these and other liberal or centrist proposals that reached the ballot after bypassing state legislatures. ...

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On Sept. 1, Joplin attorneys Austin Knoblock and Scott McCreevy opened Access to Justice Attorneys at Law, a firm that aims to make legal services more affordable for more people.

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A five-year-old fix to the Second Injury Fund is “not very clear,” according to at least one member of the Missouri Supreme Court. How the court will ultimately read it remains to be seen.

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The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill where an underground fire smolders near illegally dumped radioactive waste is suing the drug maker whose predecessor processed the Cold War-era nuclear material. Bridgeton Landfill LLC seeks help paying for the $205 ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court declined Oct. 17 to compel a borrower to arbitrate with a payday lender after determining that the litigants’ designated arbitrator had ceased operations.

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A Columbia restaurant that planned to offer young people a special on sandwiches if they voted canceled the promotion after questions were raised about its legality. Sycamore announced on its Facebook page Oct. 13 that people ages 18 to 30 ...

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A Northern California judge has upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, although she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million. In denying Monsanto’s request for a ...

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A U.S. district judge has given Missouri Department of Corrections officials 60 days to present a plan for complying with the U.S. Constitution when it handles cases of prisoners serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed while juveniles. ...

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