Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is standing firm on his decision to not support state funding for stadiums, including the proposed $200 million soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis. “To be very clear, I have completely ruled out state funding for ...
Read More »GOP gains, Rams’ departure among Missouri’s top 2016 stories
An election that saw Republicans gain power in Missouri and the departure of the Rams were among the top 10 stories in Missouri in 2016. The full list is: ELECTION Republicans won from president on down the ballot in the ...
Read More »Prosecutors want property linked to Missouri kidnapping case
Prosecutors are trying to seize two properties where a man says he was held during a kidnapping involving a St. Louis-area executive. Prosecutors say the victim was abducted Nov. 21 and taken to a home where he was beaten, assaulted ...
Read More »Rams training facility case to go back to circuit court
St. Louis County Judge Michael Burton must stay arbitration and reinstate a case involving the Rams’ lease on a training facility on the circuit court docket, following an appellate court decision Tuesday. The underlying case involves a lease the former ...
Read More »Former mayor Bosley’s law license reinstated
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated the law license of former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. Bosley’s law license was suspended for at least six months in September 2014 over allegations he mishandled client money. A disciplinary panel ...
Read More »Dunne appointed associate circuit judge in St. Louis County
Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Ellen Wyatt Dunne as an associate circuit judge in St. Louis County. The position became vacant through the retirement of Patrick Clifford. Dunne is a partner at Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch in Clayton, where she ...
Read More »St. Louis gets top ‘hellhole’ spot over talc verdicts
The American Tort Reform Association ranked the city of St. Louis as its No. 1 “judicial hellhole” in a report released Thursday, largely due to this year’s series of large jury awards in lawsuits alleging that talcum powder causes ovarian ...
Read More »Court OKs expungement for mistake over gun at airport
A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday that a man caught with a gun in his bag at airport security can have his arrest record expunged because, as a concealed carry permit holder, what he did wasn’t a crime. The Missouri ...
Read More »Monsanto shareholders approve Bayer’s $57 billion takeover
Monsanto Co. shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $57 billion merger with Bayer AG, a deal that would combine two of the world’s biggest agricultural companies. Preliminary results showed that 99 percent of all votes cast favored the merger announced ...
Read More »Ferguson school district to appeal judge’s order on board
A suburban St. Louis school district that includes part of Ferguson will appeal a federal judge’s order requiring a new method for electing school board members in an effort to remove racial bias from the process, district officials said Monday. ...
Read More »Missouri peach farmer files suit against Monsanto
A southeast Missouri peach farm recently filed a lawsuit against Monsanto, saying the company sold seeds without safe herbicide, forcing farmers to spray illegal chemicals that drifted onto their farm and killed more than 30,000 peach trees this year. Attorneys ...
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