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Gov. Parson's win is at least partially a referendum on his hands-off approach to the coronavirus, which has been surging in Missouri for months.

When it convenes in January, the Missouri General Assembly will feature two new lawyers in the Senate and a likely 19 lawyers in the House.

Statewide, all 53 nonpartisan judges on the ballot won retention in the Nov. 3 election.

A staffing shortage resulting from increasing community spread of COVID-19 prompted the federal courthouse in St. Louis to shift all district court proceedings to remote access through Nov. 6.

Thirteen judges and attorneys are seeking to be the next judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District.

Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a massive damages award in a talcum powder lawsuit following the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to not take up the case.

An arbitrator did not exceed his authority when he ruled that an arbitration clause was not enforceable in an employment dispute because the agreement lacked mutual consideration, a Missouri appeals court has ruled.

Jackson County Treatment Court Commissioner David J. Fry has announced plans to retire after 13 years on the bench.

Missouri hospital leaders are raising alarms about bed capacity as coronavirus cases continue to spike, with some urging Gov. Mike Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson steadfastly refused to mandate mask-wearing even as the coronavirus spread across his state this year, telling a group of cattlemen in July, “You don’t need government to tell you to wear a dang mask. If you ...

A split panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled on Oct. 27 that a criminal defendant couldn’t tell his version of events in a deadly robbery without raising a legal defense he couldn’t claim — self-defense.