A health insurance company is agreeing to pay Missouri more than $161,000 for falsely claiming a state law required customers' policies be replaced with Affordable Care Act benefits.
Read More »Nixon soon to weigh 14th judgeship in Jackson County
It ultimately will fall to Gov. Jay Nixon to fill the Jackson County Circuit Court seat vacated by Judge Edith Messina. And, if history is any indicator, a prosecutor could end up with the job.
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Read More »Lawyer’s trial in double homicide delayed
The trial of a suburban Kansas City lawyer charged with killing her father and his girlfriend has been delayed from February and the prosecution will now include members of the Missouri Attorney General's office.
Read More »2 Missouri cities consider solar energy farms
Two cities near Kansas City are considering making more use of solar energy, a trend that energy industry experts say is growing in the Midwest as costs to install facilities decline.
Read More »Hearing in student protest case canceled
A preliminary injunction hearing set for Wednesday in the case of a Kansas City student who protested the shooting of Michael Brown and was subsequently suspended has been cancelled.
Read More »5 things to know for 2015 Missouri legislative session
Missouri lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Wednesday to kick off the 2015 legislative session, with an agenda that will include issues related to the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson by a white police officer and renewed attempts to rewrite Missouri's laws for struggling schools.
Read More »Kansas’ first veterans court program in the works
Veterans court programs have sprung up in 40 states since 2008, an alternative to jail for some veterans who get into trouble. Kansas may be next.
Read More »ACLU sues after Ferguson protester gets detention
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Kansas City school district over its punishment of a student who displayed the "Hands up, don't shoot!" gesture while Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was giving a speech.
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Read More »Fake signatures suspected in early voting measure
An initiative petition that sought to qualify an early voting measure for the Missouri ballot included the supposed signatures of dead people among other potentially fraudulent names, according to a report from state's top election official.
Read More »T-Mobile to pay Missouri $280K for text charges
Missouri will get more than $280,000 from T-Mobile following claims that the company was unfairly charging customers for third-party text message subscriptions.
Read More »Executions, new death sentences continue to fall nationally
Despite a record number of executions in Missouri this year, executions and new death sentences nationwide dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new report.
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