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In a unanimously affirmed decision, the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday “standardized” the standard of review for workers’ compensation cases, striking an employer’s plea to weigh favorable evidence against unfavorable evidence to determine whether a commission’s award is reasonable. “There ...

Of the $190 million in federal funding used to bring Missouri students up to speed, almost none is going to state high schools. Title I funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act is being directed almost exclusively to ...

State senators are bringing foster care issues back to the table during the legislative session. Senators Norma Champion, R-Greene County, and Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis prefiled foster care reform bills just one week after an audit of the foster care ...

Four groups of Kansas City employees received Environmental Achievement Awards. Phil Brown and Marcy Woods of the Aviation Department were awarded for solving the Aviation Department’s business needs while significantly improving the environment. Steven Stacy of the Public Works Department ...

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie White and Missouri Bar President Bill Corrigan attended the St. Charles County Bar Association monthly meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan and answer questions that bar members raised about it. ...

The Homeownership Alliance has confirmed that in addition to creating more opportunities for homeownership, historically low interest rates along with other economic factors have prompted more buyers to lock into fixed-rate products rather than adjustable or balloon plans. “The fixed-rate ...

After two years of proving to be a foundational element in the economy, the National Association of Realtors has predicted that home sales will continue to be a driving force in 2004. According to NAR chief economist Davis Lereah, residential ...

A Cape Girardeau trial court erred in awarding primary custody to an allegedly abusive husband when it failed to abide by the mother’s specific requests to enter findings of fact and conclusions of law when setting custody provisions within the ...

A man diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder may bring a disability harassment claim and a retaliation claim against his former landlord for violating his rights under the Fair Housing Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow highlighted construction and the economy last Friday when he met with members of the Associated General Contractors of America and other construction industry leaders in St. Louis. During the Snow’s St. Louis tour, he visited ...

Despite being across the state line, the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association remains under the jurisdiction of a Missouri trial court, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District said in a reversed decision. In the case of Gary Wineteer, ...