Missouri's Supreme Court on Wednesday once again weighed the constitutionality of a law against taxation-by-citation, one of few measures passed by state lawmakers in response to massive protests against police violence in Ferguson.
Read More »Judge: Kansas City’s plan to divert police funds was illegal
A Missouri judge ruled Tuesday that Kansas City officials violated state law when they moved toward shifting 18% of the police department's budget into community services.
Read More »State officials grilled over report on missing foster kids
Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday grilled state officials over a federal investigation that found nearly 1,000 foster children went missing in 2019, and at least one was sex-trafficked.
Read More »Path of service: General counsel Bailey’s course through Missouri state legal offices isn’t finished
Andrew Bailey has been in the service of the public for his entire law career, and he’s served as the general counsel for Gov. Mike Parson since March 2020. But after 9/11, he deferred law school for a few years to join the U.S. Army.
Read More »Missouri preparing for execution of Ernest Johnson
Last-minute court intervention on Tuesday was the last obstacle to the execution of Ernest Johnson, a Missouri man convicted of killing three convenience store workers during a closing-time robbery nearly 28 years ago.
Read More »New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
Republican Gov. Mike Parson's administration has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.
Read More »Supreme Court weighs fate of recorded meeting with counsel
The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a murder suspect waived the attorney-client privilege when she recorded a conversation with her public defenders and left the recorder for her husband, a co-defendant in the case, to find.
Read More »Lawmakers, pope ask Missouri governor to halt execution
Pope Francis has joined the chorus of people calling on Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency to a death row inmate who is set to be executed for killing three people during a 1994 convenience store robbery.
Read More »Missouri lawmaker’s demand on critical race theory prompts $170K bill
A Missouri lawmaker is demanding that Springfield's public schools turn over three years' worth of staff emails and other documents with references to critical race theory and more than two dozen other words or phrases.
Read More »Parson’s pardons: Governor’s legal team weighs in on clemency approval process
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has pardoned 168 cases this year — a record high for the last seven Missouri governors. His legal team is doing the work to process 2,376 clemency applications still pending Parson’s approval before they arrive at his desk.
Read More »Family can’t sue store where alleged killer got ammo
The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District ruled Sept. 21 that the family of a murder victim cannot sue the sporting goods store where the alleged killer obtained the ammunition used in the fatal shooting.
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