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The bankruptcy balloon continued to inflate during the 2003 fiscal year with non-business bankruptcies making up 97.8 percent of the 1,661,996 filings nationwide. Non-business bankruptcies rose 7.8 percent during the federal judiciary’s fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2002, ...

Road construction contractors take the idea of writing their congressman seriously. Professionals in this field announced plans last week to call on lawmakers to stop stalling with political time spending games and move forward before the end of this session ...

A proposal to automatically raise Missouri sales taxes when state revenue falls has been taken to task by leading Republicans. The petition initiative, brought to Secretary of State Matt Blunt’s office this week by a team of lobbyists, ignores needed ...

A St. Louis jury awarded $1.5 million in damages on November 7 to a railroad trackman that suffered injuries to his neck and spine after his dump truck rolled over. On November 1, 1999, a group of railroad workers were ...

Federal Trade Commission head Mozelle Thompson told members of the National Association of Realtors that they, as well as agents and brokers, are not violating the national Do-Not-Call law by telephoning for sale by owner listings, provided that they have ...

The American Bar Association has published its new policy on judicial reform issues in the milestone report “Justice in Jeopardy,” which is being distributed to elected officials, bar association leaders and others around the country interested in improving state judicial ...

The St. Louis City Judicial Commission announced on Tuesday the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Gov. Holden to fill the vacancy on the St. Louis Circuit Court created by the appointment of Judge Patricia L. Cohen to ...

Gov. Holden and House Republicans traded accusations Monday about who is to blame for cuts in education. Holden defended his withholdings to education against Republican calls for him to release more money for education. “It is ludicrous,” Holden said. “Contentions ...

A prior guilty plea in a military court martial may be used for sentence enhancement, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday. In a 4-3 decision, the court upheld the Carroll County Circuit Court’s decision in October 2001 to impose two ...

After five years as the executive director of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and 25 years providing legal help for the poor, F. Dianne Taylor has turned in her resignation. Taylor will head the program through the end of the ...

As Missouri’s economy has evolved, its tax laws have not. The result: businesses that operate under the tax radar while state coffers remain dry. Missouri’s economy has shifted gradually from being based on manufacturing goods to providing services. The state ...