MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Kansas City attorney Judy Heeter will be honored with the Sean O’Brien Freedom Award for her work with The Midwest Innocence Project, according to a news release.

Tagged with: Midwest Innocence Project

Hotel owner Munir Ahmad Chaudary was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison in a federal case that highlights the U.S. Justice Department’s prosecutorial shift away from workplace immigration raids to targeting employers who knowingly hire people who are not in the U.S. legally to gain an unfair competitive advantage.

The families of three people who were shot to death last year outside two Jewish sites in Kansas are planning a week of events that they hope will honor the victims, bring healing and promote appreciation for diversity.

Speakers targeted what they viewed as attorney conflicts at a Missouri Senate committee hearing Monday addressing the ailments of the state’s municipal court system.

Tagged with: municipal courts

It’s sad to say goodbye in this my final column. Even so, it’s still a happy ending because we leave for the right reasons and because we leave you in excellent hands.

Don Prophete, a founding partner of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart's Kansas City office who moved to Littler Mendelson in 2013, is now a name partner at the Kansas City office of Constangy, Brooks & Smith.

Tagged with: Constangy Brooks & Smith Ogletree Deakins

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback touted his income tax policies Wednesday during a visit to Missouri's capital city, telling Republican legislators and business groups there that "the seeds of growth" are starting to sprout in his state despite a projected budget shortfall approaching $600 million.

The Missouri House approved Thursday a bill to reinstate limits on how much juries can award in noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases against health care providers (Updated)

Tagged with: medical malpractice Non-Economic Damage Caps

A white supremacist accused of gunning down three people at Jewish sites in Kansas will go on trial for capital murder, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth denounced the mean-spirited nature of American politics Tuesday while eulogizing Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich.

Tagged with: Jack Danforth Tom Schweich

A Kansas City preparatory school has opted not to punish students for protesting a speech by Gov. Jay Nixon, according to a release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri.

Tagged with: Ferguson shooting First Amendment