A push by civil rights and religious leaders to increase Kansas City's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020 ran into resistance this week when the city attorney warned that Missouri law prohibits cities from mandating any level of pay that exceeds the state minimum wage.
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court seeks input on municipal court reform
The Missouri Supreme Court has invited the public and members of the legal community to comment and make suggestions for reforming the state’s municipal courts, according to two news releases Thursday.
Read More »Diehl proposes changes to handling traffic fines
Missouri's top House Republican called Wednesday for a number of changes to how traffic violations are handled in the state's courts — proposals prompted by concerns raised after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson last August.
Read More »Judges choose three finalists for St. Louis drug court commissioner
St. Louis Circuit Court judges chose public defender Matthew Melton, provisional municipal judge Scott Millikan and attorney Michael Walton as the finalists for a vacant drug court commissioner position.
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Read More »High court to hear Kansas plea to reinstate death sentences
The nation's highest court agreed Monday to hear Kansas' appeal seeking to reinstate death sentences for two brothers convicted of robbing and forcing four people engage in sex acts before being shot to death naked in a Wichita soccer field in 2000.
Read More »Public defender’s top lawyer named as new director
Missouri Public Defender Counsel Michael Barrett will serve as the next director of the Missouri State Public Defender System, the Public Defender Commission said Friday. (Updated)
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Read More »Kansas high court hears serial killer’s appeal; no decision
An attorney for a condemned serial killer who stuffed several victims' bodies into barrels urged Kansas' highest court Tuesday to throw out the convictions and death sentences, pressing issues varying from prosecutorial misconduct to a Bible used during jury deliberations.
Read More »Audit faults attorney general Koster on lobbyist policy
Although Attorney General Chris Koster's gubernatorial campaign has had a policy in place for months to address concerns that he was influenced by lobbyist perks and political donations, an audit released Tuesday faulted his state office for not implementing a similar system.
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Read More »Appeals court affirms verdict despite juror disagreement
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday affirmed a $2.2 million verdict for a former auto parts store manager who alleged he was demoted because of his muscular dystrophy.
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Read More »Police: No clear motive in Schweich’s suicide
The embattled chairman of the Missouri Republican Party gained some support Monday as police said they have no evidence of an anti-Semitic whispering campaign against a state auditor who killed himself.
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Read More »Missouri Republican wants gun ban for ‘violent’ felons only
A Republican lawmaker wants to tweak Missouri's gun laws to keep firearms out of the hands of certain felons following a St. Louis judge's ruling that jeopardizes the state's current ban on convicted felons possessing guns.
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