A couple graduates of the St. Louis Circuit Court’s drug court program are gearing up to share their stories with a wider audience next month. Presiding Judge David Dowd reports that House Speaker Ron Richard invited two people who just ...

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The Kansas City Municipal Drug Court has received a $191,237 grant that will allow it to hire more staff and intensify its treatment. The grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance will pay for a full-time ...

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The U.S. drug czar will share a St. Louis stage today with a recovering methamphetamine addict, as well as local and state officials, to announce an anti-meth advertising campaign. At the St. Louis City Hall Rotunda on Tuesday, Gil Kerlikowske (pictured), the director of National Drug Control Policy, will show three television ads that Drug Commissioner Phillip Britt says are designed to prevent youths from becoming meth users in the first place and to give meth users and their families hope that recovery is possible.

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Judge William Ray Price Jr., the soon-to-be chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. The association is a not-for-profit organization that helps fund drug ...

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A proposal moving forward in the Legislature would get rid of probate and drug court commissioners statewide starting next year and make those positions associate circuit judges. In the process, St. Louis City's circuit court would lose two drug court positions, and the court serving Kansas City would gain an associate judge. Those are just some of the judge swaps being considered under the bill. The overall legislation is aimed at rewriting the state's laws on child custody, but House Judiciary Chairman Bryan Stevenson tacked the judicial shuffling onto the bill as well.

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St. Louis City’s circuit court would lose two drug court positions, and the court serving Kansas City would gain an associate judge under a proposal that has cleared the state House.  Those are just some of the judge swapping changes ...

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