The Boeing Co.’s St. Louis-based Integrated Defense Systems unit has received two new contracts for its Joint Direct Attack Munition weapon system. The two contracts total $857 million. Boeing’s plant located in northeastern St. Charles produces JDAMs. Neither the company ...
Read More »Judge Ulrich retires early to work for U.S. in Iraq
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Robert G. Ulrich had a week to prepare for the opportunity of a lifetime. As his fellow judges and staff at the Western District swallowed the news he would be retiring early, Judge Ulrich was ...
Read More »State will pay student's tuition
Finding a suitable school for Katherine was tough enough for Andrew and Martha Lewis, but when the Springfield R-12 School District found itself unable to provide constructive learning, the Lewises found themselves in the middle of a power struggle between ...
Read More »Contractors face steep steel prices
Soaring steel prices coupled with a sharp decline in the material’s supply are wreaking havoc on the construction industry and forcing contractors to scramble out of tough situations. “There is a confluence of factors, but I refuse to call it ...
Read More »Arranging bond for clients allowed only in rare cases
Significant ethical risks prohibit criminal defense lawyers from arranging or posting bond for clients in all but the rarest of cases; but there may be tactical reasons for them to do so, and circumstances where they may. In an ethics ...
Read More »Court issues limited gun decision
The Missouri Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision upheld the right of the General Assembly to enact the concealed gun law at the same time it said the law was an unfunded mandate in violation of the Hancock Amendment. The ...
Read More »Personal bankruptcy filings rise, business filings drop
With the arrival of 2003’s total bankruptcy tallies, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has good news and bad news to report. The bad news is bankruptcies flooded the nation’s courts at a 5.2 percent increase for the calendar ...
Read More »Older homes offer new value
Existing home sales might have been off last month by 5.2 percent, in large part due to seasonal adjustments and weather conditions, but older homes can hold a hidden value for buyers who find themselves limited by the increasing price ...
Read More »First annual Bar Leadership Academy off to good start
Twenty-six eager young lawyers gathered at the Guadalupe Centers Inc., for the second session of the 2004 Greater Kansas City Bar Leadership Academy. The day-long session was packed with a schedule of speakers that included names like MOBAR president William ...
Read More »Teacher suspended despite procedural error
A procedural error occurring during a school board’s disciplinary deliberations wasn’t enough for a teacher to escape paid suspension status, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District ruled Tuesday in a reversed decision. A St. Louis County trial court had ...
Read More »Young students show off skills
There was a time when classes such as geometry, chemistry or English left many students asking, “Why do I need to know this?” Now young people are being offered a concrete example of how studies in math, science and even ...
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