Four judicial candidates are almost certain to go (or, in one case, stay) on the circuit bench next year, following Tuesday’s primary election. In the 11th Circuit in St. Charles County, attorney Deborah Alessi bested Associate Circuit Judge Grant Gorman ...
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Read More »Missouri law aims to help teachers of traumatized children
Missouri teachers trying to wrest control of the classroom back from unruly students can put on a stern look, raise their voices or use suspensions or other punishments as discipline. But backers of what’s called a trauma-informed approach say those ...
Read More »Court reinstates suit over dog bite at condo
The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday revived a lawsuit against a St. Charles County condominium association, saying a jury would have to decide if it was negligent in a dog bite incident on the property. In 2013, Mary ...
Read More »Supreme Court limits co-worker liability suits
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday crafted a new understanding of when injured workers can file lawsuits against co-employees who cause an on-the-job injury. In a pair of opinions handed down more than a year after hearing arguments, the Supreme ...
Read More »Judge strikes blow to Missouri cigarette tax initiative
An initiative proposing to raise Missouri’s cigarette tax to benefit early childhood programs is in jeopardy of not making the November ballot after a judge ruled its financial estimate is insufficient and unfair. The ruling Thursday by Cole County Circuit ...
Read More »Missouri Senate passes rules on releasing body camera video
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would limit the public’s access to some footage from police body cameras, which Republican lawmakers said was a necessary prerequisite for more law enforcement departments to take up the technology. Other bills mandating ...
Read More »State proposals on LGBT rights push business into spotlight
Major corporations invested in Southern states have become some of the staunchest opponents of bills they consider discriminatory, facing off against Republican lawmakers eager to portray their states as the best home for global brands. The NFL, Apple and other ...
Read More »Pentagon misled lawmakers on military sexual assault cases
The Pentagon misled Congress with inaccurate and vague information about sexual assault cases that portrayed civilian law enforcement officials as less willing than military commanders to punish sex offenders, an Associated Press investigation found. Local district attorneys and police forces ...
Read More »University of Missouri countersues professor in gun lawsuit
The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce de R. Barondes’ case has the potential to redefine the limits of acceptable gun regulations under Missouri’s ...
Read More »Missouri bill would bar communities from banning pit bulls
Missouri cities no longer could ban pit bulls or impose rules on certain dog breeds under legislation that advanced this past week in the Legislature. Republican Rep. Ron Hicks, who is behind the measure, said those breed-specific ordinances amount to ...
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