Missouri voters will likely get a chance to weigh in on proposals to change state redistricting, increase the state’s minimum wage and legalize medical marijuana when they head to the polls in November. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Thursday ...
Read More »Donor helping fraudsters, offshore bettors backs Trump
One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn’t pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore-gambling operation that hid bets behind innocuous-sounding websites, including one dedicated to orange cats. A ...
Read More »Trump criticized for not leading effort to secure elections
As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration’s ...
Read More »Judge’s death hinders prisoner-rights case
The death of a federal appeals court judge has led to a rare court en banc split in a lawsuit alleging Cole County deprived its inmates of clothes — and their rights. The result: an unsigned, unpublished opinion issued Monday ...
Read More »States suing Trump administration, company regarding 3D guns
Eight states are filing suit against the Trump administration regarding its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public ...
Read More »For latest in orderliness, prisons look to computer tablets
Allowing inmates to stare at computer-tablet screens for hours each day may be just the ticket for creating calm, orderly cellblocks, prison officials say. Tablets, growing in popularity in prisons nationwide, also can help inmates advance their education, connect with ...
Read More »Families file first suits against duck-boat companies
The relatives of those killed by the sinking of a Branson duck boat in July have begun filing lawsuits against the companies responsible for operating and manufacturing the boats. At a press conference Monday at the Ambassador Hotel in Kansas ...
Read More »Many rooting for inmates after credit bug exposed on devices
Officials say it was “intentional exploitation,” while some inmates’ families described it as more of a “glitch.” Either way, reports that 364 Idaho inmates had a quarter-million dollars in credits improperly applied to their JPay tablet accounts had many on ...
Read More »Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views are clear
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence “has plagued all of us.” Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime. As a federal ...
Read More »What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse
The trial of President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant’s pocket. What’s ...
Read More »Reporter’s lawsuit on execution-witness selection to proceed
A BuzzFeed News reporter’s lawsuit against the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections will move forward following a ruling Friday in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel unanimously affirmed a lower-court ruling denying the director’s ...
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