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The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a Missouri technical college’s challenge of a ruling that its mandatory drug testing policy is unconstitutional when applied to all students. The nation’s highest court refused without comment to intervene at the ...
Read More »Retired judge receives probation for DWI charge
A now-retired St. Louis County judge who was charged with driving while intoxicated after an accident on New Year’s Eve afternoon in 2015 received two years of probation on Wednesday. Richmond Heights municipal court records show that Lawrence J. Permuter, ...
Read More »Report: Huge tank that exploded needed emergency repairs
A giant steam-filled tank weighing nearly 2,000 pounds that exploded at a St. Louis box plant, flew a quarter-mile into the air and smashed into a neighboring building, was being used despite needing emergency repairs, federal investigators said Thursday. The ...
Read More »Missouri agency to fund stream gauges that monitor flooding
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has pledged to fund nearly 50 stream gauges used to monitor potential flooding along rivers. The Missouri Water Science Center in Rolla manages more than 270 real-time gauges, but 49 of them were scheduled ...
Read More »Audit: Ferguson courts ‘in disarray’ after police killing
An audit launched in the wake of unrest following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson found the city’s court system “in disarray” and disorganized, according to a report released Wednesday by the Missouri state auditor. State Auditor ...
Read More »Death penalty again overturned for man who killed couple
A man convicted of killing an eastern Missouri couple during a 1996 robbery at their home has had his death penalty overturned for a third time. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry, in a ruling Thursday, called the portion of Carman ...
Read More »Federal overhauls of police departments bring mixed results
Seattle police, considered by some to use force too fast and too often, reached an agreement with the federal government that gave all officers training on how to better handle people suffering from mental illness and substance abuse. Residents’ attitudes ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers advance plan to ban red-light cameras
A proposal that received initial approval Wednesday in the Missouri House would ban cities from using red-light cameras and end programs already in place. Such programs previously were dealt a setback when the Missouri Supreme Court found legal and constitutional ...
Read More »Supreme Court hears tax dispute over Rams tickets
The Rams may be gone from St. Louis, but the team’s tax bill lives on. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a dispute over sales taxes on the team’s tickets. The city of St. Louis imposes a 5 percent ...
Read More »City mayors, lawmakers at odds over minimum wage increase
The effects of a Missouri Supreme Court decision allowing St. Louis to raise its minimum wage to $10 an hour could be short lived if legislation pre-empting the city’s wage ordinance passes through the state Legislature. St. Louis Mayor Francis ...
Read More »No damages awarded in talc case
The streak of multi-million dollar verdicts in talc cases against Johnson & Johnson ended Friday when a St. Louis jury sided 11-1 with the company. The plaintiff alleged her ovarian cancer was caused by genital use of talcum powder found ...
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