“Obamacare” seems to be holding its own. The administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people have enrolled for subsidized private coverage through HealthCare.gov, ahead of last year’s pace. Despite rising premiums, dwindling insurers and the Republican vow to repeal President ...
Read More »Cities, counties mull immigrant legal fund after Trump’s win
Major U.S. cities and counties are beefing up legal services for immigrants to help them fight deportation and avoid fraudulent lawyers in the wake of Donald Trump’s election and his hard-line immigration enforcement promises. Tapping local government funds to represent ...
Read More »Illinois joins state bans on judges routinely shackling kids
The Illinois Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has adopted rule changes banning the automatic shackling of child suspects in state courtrooms, a move that comes in the wake of criticism nationwide that the use of handcuffs, leg irons, belly ...
Read More »Bye retiring from 8th Circuit federal appeals court
A judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is retiring from his position as a federal appellate court judge. Judge Kermit Bye says his full retirement is effective Sept. 1. He has served on the 8th Circuit since ...
Read More »Ethics complaint against state senator dismissed
The Missouri Ethics Commission says it has found no evidence that Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer improperly used his authority over state spending in an effort to keep an opponent out of the Republican primary for attorney general. Former U.S. ...
Read More »Judge keeps Spencer Fane on suit against Martin
UPDATED An Illinois judge says the law firm of Spencer Fane can continue to participate in a lawsuit against its former client, St. Louis attorney Ed Martin. Martin, a longtime figure in Missouri Republican politics, filed a motion in June ...
Read More »Evidence, witnesses cast doubt on Kansas man’s life sentence
A Kansas man who has spent more than half of his life in prison for a double homicide that witnesses swear he didn’t commit is hoping more than 40 affidavits supporting his innocence finally end a nightmare that began when ...
Read More »Family of Muslim teen arrested for homemade clock files suit
The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Texas school officials and others, saying the incident violated the 14-year-old boy’s civil rights, prompted death threats and ...
Read More »Jury awards $680,000 verdict in case against KC officers
A Jackson County jury awarded $680,734 to the son of a woman fatally shot by police in her Kansas City home in 2007 on Friday.
Read More »Supreme Court tosses former cop’s retaliation verdict
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out one of the state’s largest jury verdicts from 2014. The court faulted a jury instruction in plaintiff Tanisha Ross-Paige’s sexual harassment case against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. In March 2014, ...
Read More »Supreme Court keeps late-registered candidate off ballot
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Friday afternoon that a St. Louis woman cannot run this year for a St. Louis House district — but she’s welcome to try again in 2018. In a 45-page opinion issued just a day ...
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