State officials have agreed in a federal court settlement to build a system that guards against over-prescription of psychotropic drugs to the 13,000 children in Missouri foster care. The settlement, which on July 15 gained preliminary approval from U.S. District ...

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Members of the legal community continue to help in recovery efforts in Joplin, where a May 22 tornado killed more than 150 people and displaced thousands.

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The Missouri Supreme Court said a denial of a couple’s adoption subsidy by the state Department of Social Services’ Family Support Division is not valid because the division’s decision was not based on formal rules and regulations. The court determined ...

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John Ammann, director of the Saint Louis University Legal Clinics, didn’t have to go far to find inspiration to serve others. His father, Joseph, a high-school teacher who’s now deceased, gathered the family to deliver food for needy families each ...

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Residents of a Madison County, Ill., facility for the physically disabled and mentally ill failed to force the county to keep Shelter Care Home open, but they succeeded in getting county assistance for at least 10 years. A lawsuit filed ...

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