Missouri’s legislative session began with hundreds of protesters shutting down the Senate, demanding changes to state law in response to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer. It ended Friday with the Senate again shut down ...
Read More »Time limits on ballot language challenges sent to governor
The Missouri Legislature sent Gov. Jay Nixon a measure Friday that supporters say would make things easier for county clerks and prevent reprinting costs when ballot measures are changed by courts close to an election. Opponents of the measure charge ...
Read More »Missouri House OKs changes to municipal court practices
Missouri lawmakers moved forward Wednesday with changes to municipal court practices, lower limits on revenues from traffic violations and restrictions on public access to police camera footage as part of a legislative response to unrest in Ferguson. The Missouri House ...
Read More »Missouri House sends medical malpractice caps to governor
A measure to reinstate limits on lawsuit awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk three years after the state Supreme Court overturned lower caps. The Missouri House on Tuesday voted ...
Read More »Missouri Senate leaders uncertain on transportation gas tax
A proposal to raise Missouri’s fuel tax for the first time in two decades appears unlikely to move forward this session, Missouri Senate leaders said Thursday, despite warnings from transportation officials about the future of the state’s infrastructure. A bill ...
Read More »Missouri audit finds schools did not get traffic fine money
Schools in three Missouri counties have lost out on traffic fine revenues they should have received under a state law legislators are seeking to enhance in response to the Ferguson protests, according to an auditor’s report released Wednesday. The Missouri ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers struggle to find transportation funding
Some Missouri lawmakers are rallying around a proposal to raise the gas tax by 2 cents to help forestall a transportation funding shortfall that officials have warned could jeopardize the state receiving federal dollars. The Missouri Senate and a House ...
Read More »Wisconsin man urges Missouri police-involved death reviews
A Wisconsin man whose son was shot and killed by a police officer in 2004 told Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday that independent investigations into such deaths are necessary to ensure justice.
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Read More »Senate OKs tax amnesty proposal to raise up to $60M
Delinquent Missouri taxpayers could get their first chance since 2002 to pay back taxes without facing penalties under a proposal given initial approval in the Senate Wednesday.
Read More »Audit: State Medicaid program lost out on $27M from estates
Missouri's Medicaid program could have recovered as much as $27 million from more than 30,000 estates of deceased patients but did not file claims in time, according to a statewide audit of federal programs released Tuesday.
Read More »Missouri Republicans split on possible expert witness change
Legislation that would impose new requirements for expert testimony in Missouri court cases has run into opposition from two Republican senators who are lawyers and running for statewide office.
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