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A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has ruled that area school districts cannot reject transfer students from the Normandy Schools Collaborative, and that the Normandy school district must be assigned an "unaccredited" rating.

The Missouri Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would require the state to notify businesses of any changes made to its sales tax policies.

Nancy Mogab, a workers' compensation attorney known for her work with Iraqi women lawyers and launching a law program for the public, will receive the 2015 Lawyers Association Award of Honor.

Missouri senators gave initial approval Tuesday to a measure that would limit the total revenue a municipality can collect from traffic fines, a response to concerns about how fines and fees are levied in low-income communities.

While opening statements are set for Wednesday in Texas in the killing of veteran Chris Kyle, hundreds of prospective jurors in the Colorado theater shooting begin returning to the courthouse for months of questioning about their views on the death penalty and mental illness. And jury selection in the Boston Marathon bombing has dragged on for more than a month, and not just because of interruptions from snowstorms.

As businesses were burned and looted in Ferguson, Gov. Jay Nixon was inundated with messages from the public criticizing him for not using the National Guard to prevent the civil unrest that followed a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case.

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The Missouri House endorsed a measure to bar unions from collecting fees from non-members in the construction industry Wednesday after a black Democrat said the building trades unions have failed minority workers and businesses.

St. Louis County will allow a candidate from the conservative Constitution Party on the April 7 ballot in a special election for a vacant St. Louis County Council seat.

St. Louis County Circuit Court is closing from Thursday until Tuesday morning for holidays and renovations.

St. Louis County Circuit Court judges voted unanimously Wednesday to retain veteran family court commissioner Victoria Mullen McKee for another four-year term.

A resolution filed in the Missouri legislature seeks to abolish grand juries in Missouri, but during a hearing Wednesday the only testimony in favor was from its sponsor, indicating that despite the current cultural climate, the grand jury may be here to stay.