With the health care bill finally off its plate, the U.S. Senate found time before adjourning last week to confirm Missouri’s next two U.S. attorneys. Richard Callahan was confirmed for the Eastern District, based in St. Louis, and Beth Phillips ...

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Shockwaves ran through the criminal justice system last February when Cole County Circuit Judge Richard B. Callahan exonerated a man who served nearly 15 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.

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As it turns out, you can go home, but you can’t take your pigeons with you. Richard Callahan is the Cole County circuit judge poised to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Once he’s confirmed ...

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A Cole County circuit judge has awarded a former state contractor almost $152,000 after the state canceled his contract for using illegal workers. K. Asamoah-Boadu, an African native and U.S. citizen, sued the state in 2007. In March of that ...

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A Cole County judge says the Missouri State Auditor has no authority to look at the books of state employees’ retirement systems. Auditor Susan Montee had sought to do financial and performance audits of the Local Government Employees’ Retirement System, ...

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An effort to grant state constitutional protection to secret ballots in union elections has overcome one legal obstacle. A judge in Jefferson City this afternoon rejected a legal challenge to the secretary of state’s summary language and the cost estimate ...

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President Barack Obama has announced his picks for the U.S. attorney openings in both the Eastern and Western districts of Missouri. Obama tapped Beth Phillips, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, to serve as the permanent U.S. attorney for ...

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It’s finally official. Judge Richard Callahan has been tapped to become the federal prosecutor for Eastern Missouri. President Barack Obama announced his picks for four U.S. attorney openings on Friday. He chose Callahan, a circuit judge in Jefferson City, to ...

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It's finally official.

Judge Richard Callahan has been tapped to become the federal prosecutor for Eastern Missouri.

President Barack Obama today announced his picks for four U.S. attorney openings. He chose Callahan, a circuit judge in Jefferson City, to take over the U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis. The previous U.S. attorney was Catherine Hanaway.

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That extra $10 charge for sheriffs to serve legal papers seems likely to stick around. A Cole County judge yesterday upheld the constitutionality of a 2008 state law calling for the increased cost. The state Legislature passed a bill last ...

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Supreme Court says 25 percent is all that state must spend

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld Missouri's method for funding public schools. More than 200 school districts, called the Coalition for Educational Equality, sued the state in 2004, arguing Missouri doesn't spend enough on education and distributes the money it does spend unfairly.

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