Americans retreated from home-buying in February, reversing months of prior gains as low inventories push up prices to levels that restrict sales. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes fell 7.1 percent last month to ...
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 »Dolan named to Eastern District
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Colleen Dolan has been named to the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Friday. Dolan fills a vacancy on the appellate court created by the appointment of Judge Patricia Cohen as ...
Read More »Teen sexting prompts efforts to update child-porn laws
Rampant teen sexting has left politicians and law enforcement authorities around the country struggling to find some kind of legal middle ground between prosecuting students for child porn and letting them off the hook. Most states consider sexually explicit images ...
Read More »Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins
Bernie Sanders said Thursday he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri’s Democratic presidential primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton. “I think it’s unlikely the results will impact at all the number of delegates the candidate gets and ...
Read More »US gov’t sets record for failures to find files when asked
The Obama administration set a record for the number of times its federal employees told disappointed citizens, journalists and others that despite searching they couldn’t find a single page requested under the Freedom of Information Act, according to a new ...
Read More »Missouri business group opposes religious objections measure
A top Missouri business association on Thursday sided against a contested proposal to amend the state Constitution to create religious protections for photographers, florists and others objecting to gay marriage. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s position marks growing ...
Read More »Authorities: Lawsuit against Uber by shooting suspect bogus
A lawsuit against Uber filed in the name of a driver accused of gunning down six people in between stops to pick up fares is a hoax, authorities said Thursday. Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said he saw reports Wednesday ...
Read More »Judge: ACA preempts Missouri healthcare law
A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on three parts of a Missouri law passed following the Affordable Care Act that restricted the actions of workers tasked with enrolling others in the federal healthcare exchange. Senior Judge Ortrie Smith ...
Read More »Missouri House passes tighter rules for minors’ abortions
Girls who want an abortion in Missouri would need to tell both their parents under a bill that has passed the House. Lawmakers voted 121-34 Thursday to pass a bill requiring a minor to submit to her abortion doctor the ...
Read More »Black women feel jilted by Obama with Supreme Court pick
Black women’s groups said Wednesday they feel President Barack Obama jilted them by choosing someone other than a black woman as his newest nominee for the Supreme Court. Obama chose federal appeals court Chief Judge Merrick Garland, a white man, to replace ...
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