Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed cutting $3.4 million from the Office of the State Public Defender’s budget.
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Read More »Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed cutting $3.4 million from the Office of the State Public Defender’s budget.
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Read More »The Missouri Automobile Dealers Association is suing the state revenue department for allowing electric car maker Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers rather than using a dealership as a middleman.
Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday halted a pending execution, apparently because the court had violated its own procedures for issuing the warrant.
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary R. Russell made a strong call for municipal court reform during Thursday’s State of the Judiciary address.
Read More »A Missouri Republican proposed expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income military veterans and their families Tuesday as a slimmed down alternative to a broader Medicaid expansion that has been opposed by many of his GOP colleagues.
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Read More »Several advocacy groups told Missouri legislators Tuesday that a proposal to restrict welfare benefits would make helping families out of poverty more difficult and would not give individuals enough time to overcome barriers to success.
Read More »Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon implored lawmakers to embrace policies that "foster healing and hope" Wednesday as he delivered his first State of the State address since the unrest that erupted over the fatal police shooting of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson.
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Read More »A state senator has proposed a bill that would ban red-light cameras and high-speed license plate scanners in Missouri.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lower courts should take another look at an appeal from a Missouri man on death row for killing a woman and her two children 16 years ago.
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Read More »Three credit card companies will pay $2.2 million to Missouri to settle an investigation alleging they marketed deceptive add-on products to consumers.
Read More »Likely and declared Republican candidates for Missouri governor in 2016 each had more than $1 million on hand at the end of last year, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday.
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