Missouri lawmakers violated residents' constitutional rights to amend state laws when they preemptively tinkered with the intent of a renewable energy initiative before it went before voters, the state's highest court decided Tuesday.
Read More »Republican-controlled Congress to vote to repeal NLRB rule
Congressional Republicans launched a drive Monday to repeal a recent National Labor Relations Board rule updating procedures for union representation elections, setting up a likely veto showdown with President Barack Obama.
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Read More »Missouri man executed for killing neighbor in 1990
Walter Timothy Storey was the first Missouri inmate put to death this year after a record 10 executions in 2014.
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Read More »Mo. Supreme Court rules narrowly in gay divorce case
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped addressing the issue of same-sex marriage as it unanimously reversed and remanded the divorce of a gay couple.
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Read More »McCulloch visit divides Saint Louis University law school
An upcoming law school lecture by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch is drawing criticism from some Saint Louis University students and professors who object to his handling of the investigation of Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.
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Read More »Court commissioner steps up the to the bench
Gov. Jay Nixon appointed James E. Sullivan to the 22nd Judicial Circuit.
Read More »Lawsuits: St. Louis County town jails are ‘debtors prisons’
Federal lawsuits allege that jails in the St. Louis County towns of Ferguson and Jennings operate essentially as modern-day debtors' prisons, where minor traffic offenses can lead to extended periods behind bars.
Read More »Longtime prosecutor moves to Jackson County bench
Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Jennifer M. Phillips to the 16th judicial circuit Tuesday.
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Read More »St. Louis city panel OKs proposed police oversight board
A St. Louis city committee has approved a proposed civilian board to review complaints against police officers.
Read More »Justice Thomas objects to court’s signal on gay marriage
The Supreme Court is inappropriately signaling it intends to clear the way for gay marriage across the nation, Justice Clarence Thomas complained Monday in a stinging dissent to the court's refusal to block the start of same-sex marriages in Alabama.
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Read More »Nels Moss, prosecutor in Chain of Rocks Bridge case, dies
Nels Moss Jr., a former St. Louis prosecutor who had handled an error-ridden prosecution in the Chain of Rocks Bridge case, has died. (Updated)
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