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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
Read More »Ferguson city leaders will meet with Justice Department officials in about two weeks and provide a plan for ways to improve the police department following a scathing report released this week, Mayor James Knowles III said Friday.
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Read More »A jury awarded $490 million total in a high-stakes trial that featured testimony from federal inmates and a former banker.
Read More »An aide to former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said last week that she was on the phone with Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich — discussing his angst over perceived rumors about his religion — just moments before he killed himself.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson said Thursday that they would file a civil lawsuit in Michael Brown's death.
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Read More »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.
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