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The U.S. Labor Department has filed a rare lawsuit seeking to overturn a Kansas City-area Teamsters election and force a new vote under federal supervision. The lawsuit raises concerns about how ballots were collected from members of Teamsters Local 41 ...

A St. Louis judge on Monday appointed the prosecutor in Jackson County as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to refile an invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison recused the St. Louis ...

Barbara Glesner Fines has been named as the permanent dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Glesner Fines, a member of the law school’s faculty since 1986, has been serving as interim dean since March 2017. She ...

Applebee’s is suing a Kansas City-area franchise owner over the closure of a restaurant where two black women said they were falsely accused of not paying for meals in an earlier visit. The chain claimed “significant brand and reputational damage” ...

The former Jackson County sheriff’s one-time girlfriend has dropped her lawsuit against the county. County leaders approved a settlement Monday with Christine Lynde, who worked as an assistant for Mike Sharp while he was sheriff. No money will change hands. ...

A federal lawsuit alleges that Kansas City never notified a used car dealer before selling several of his vehicles. John Hinz filed the lawsuit against the city, the Police Department and the Board of Police Commissioners. The suit also alleges ...

Missouri now has 10 cases of measles, including three students, according to health officials. The Kansas City Health Department plans to announce seven more exposure sites in the Kansas City area soon, the Kansas City Star reported. The three students ...

The Missouri Supreme Court heard two cases Wednesday on LGBT issues that could potentially lead to rulings clarifying the limits of the Missouri Human Rights Act in sex-discrimination cases. In the first case, a minor plaintiff, R.M.A., sued the Blue ...

The Missouri House is advancing a proposal to ban public contractors from protesting Israel. House lawmakers gave the bill initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. If enacted, it would prohibit state and local governments from contracting with companies boycotting ...

Kansas City Power & Light is warning customers it is seeing a dramatic increase in the number of scams directed at customers. The electric company said Wednesday that it has tracked 326 attempted utility-collection call scams in the first quarter ...

An inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility died in April after a brain fungus gave him a form of meningitis that left him weak and so disoriented that he drank his own urine while prison health care staff ignored his ...