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Missouri lawmakers who want a private firm to scrutinize the state’s welfare rolls say it could save the state millions of dollars by ending benefits for people who aren’t actually eligible for them. Legislation that cleared House and Senate committees ...

A federal appeals court has found that an Omaha police officer did not violate a Pennsylvania man’s constitutional rights by detaining him several minutes after the man was given a warning, then searching his truck. The ruling Wednesday by the three-judge ...

A fired suburban St. Louis police lieutenant was convicted Thursday of conspiring to arrest a mayoral candidate on false allegations. The conviction of 35-year-old Steven Blakeney on three criminal civil rights charges is one of several cases of wrongdoing involving ...

The Kansas City Police Department announced Thursday that two sergeants and seven detectives in its Crimes Against Children section have been suspended with pay while it investigates claims that some cases haven’t been addressed in a timely manner. The department ...

The suspended University of Missouri assistant professor who was charged with misdemeanor assault stemming from a confrontation with two student journalists during November’s campus protests reached a deal Friday with prosecutors, getting community service but no jail time or fines ...

President Barack Obama has nominated an assistant U.S. Attorney for North Dakota to serve as a federal appellate judge. The president announced Thursday that he has selected Jennifer Puhl to serve on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She ...

Motivated by the resignations of two lawmakers, the Missouri Legislature on Thursday advanced another round of ethics-related bills including a measure to stop legislators from immediately becoming lobbyists. The wave of proposed changes to the state’s loose ethics laws comes ...

Arizona’s Republican governor launched a renewed effort Thursday to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, citing reasons outside longstanding GOP complaints that the court covering nine Western states is too liberal. Gov. Doug Ducey said Arizona should move ...

For the first time in decades, the Missouri Senate will debate a bill that would repeal the state’s death penalty. The bill received bipartisan support Tuesday in 4-3 vote of the Senate General Laws and Pensions Committee. The Columbia Daily ...

A bill ending the threat of the state’s courts shutting down over a dispute over the power of the Kansas Supreme Court won final approval Thursday from the Legislature. The measure repeals a 2015 law that could have nullified the court ...

The University of Missouri on Wednesday suspended an assistant professor who is charged with assault in a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. The university system’s governing board of curators announced the move in a statement after ...