Missouri lawmakers are looking at changing the ways police collect and store the enormous amount of data that comes from relatively new technology, including video, audio and location. Lawmakers have filed at least 10 bills, though most have not yet ...
Read More »As 2016 race goes on, states debate election costs
Arizona officials are getting tired of footing the $6 million bill for the state’s presidential primary and want to foist the cost onto the political parties as states around the country weigh the cost of the contests. Colorado may go ...
Read More »Man jailed for Missouri sports editor’s death seeks freedom
A 31-year-old man whose dreams led him to confess to the slaying of a Missouri journalist says he had nothing to do with the killing and is planning to appeal. Charles Erickson is serving a 25-year sentence in the death ...
Read More »How far would Garland move Supreme Court to left?
Merrick Garland’s judicial record over nearly two decades indicates he would side more often than not with the Supreme Court’s liberal justices on a range of cases splitting the court along ideological lines. The real question, to be answered definitively only ...
Read More »What nomination? Business as usual at Supreme Court
It’s business as usual at the Supreme Court this week, no matter that confirmation politics is on everyone’s mind in Washington. The justices are entering their second month of life without longtime Justice Antonin Scalia. They could be without a ninth ...
Read More »Senate Republican leader: No lame-duck hearing of court pick
No Supreme Court hearings, no votes, not during regular business or a postelection lame-duck session, the Senate’s majority leader is making clear. Sen. Mitch McConnell signaled no retreat or surrender Sunday from his firm stand to keep the court short-handed through ...
Read More »States seek to stymie hiring suspected sex-predator teachers
It’s called “passing the trash”: A school suspects a teacher of sexual misconduct and forces the teacher out to protect the students. But that teacher can still get a new job in a new school, sometimes with a glowing recommendation. ...
Read More »Ferguson mayor: With costs clarified, DOJ agreement near
The mayor of Ferguson says the U.S. Department of Justice has assured city leaders that its plan to revamp the city's embattled police and court practices won't create an unmanageable financial burden.
Read More »Class action suit filed by residents over Flint water crisis
A lawsuit stemming from Flint’s lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city’s residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials and corporations. The federal lawsuit — which is ...
Read More »Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal over electronic books
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Apple Inc. Monday and left in place a ruling that the company conspired with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it sought to challenge Amazon.com’s dominance of the market. The ...
Read More »St. Louis offers free land for spy agency site
A federal spy agency is weighing offers of free land on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the St. Louis area as it considers where to relocate its national headquarters.
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