Amid ever-increasing industry economic pressures, having a legislator on its letterhead presents a delicate set of tradeoffs for a large law firm. In Husch’s case, it’s gaining Rep. John Diehl just as he’s likely to lose billable hours in the day.

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Missouri House Speaker designee John Diehl has moved from Armstrong Teasdale to Husch Blackwell.

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John J. Diehl Jr. has been elected speaker of the House of the Missouri House of Representatives.

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It’s a climate that pits schoolchildren against health care, a time when a Democratic governor brags about plans to slash $1.8 billion from the state budget and cut 3,300 state jobs during his tenure. And yet state judges stand poised to get a bump in pay in 2012. How in the world did it happen?

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A Missouri Republican House member is trying to add another item to the agenda for the current special session.

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Gov. Jay Nixon signed two bills today aiming to shield release of Social Security and taxpayer identification numbers.

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