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Rep. Bryan Stevenson, left, talks to Sen. Jack Goodman on Wednesday in the Missouri Senate. The two worked out compromise language on a bill that would have put 17-year-olds under juvenile court jurisdiction, but the House rejected the Bill late ...

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Judges for the Supreme Court and the appellate courts are chosen by the state’s Appellate Judicial Commission, a seven-member board comprising three lawyers, three non-lawyers and the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. The three lawyers are elected by ...

High Court to hear Centene case Tuesday

Members of the St. Louis legal community paused Friday afternoon to honor the 46 lawyers and judges who died in 2006. Scott Kolker, at left, president-elect of the Lawyers Association, read aloud the names of the attorneys honored, including Ernest ...

A bill making 17-year-olds subject to the juvenile courts for truancy, running away from home and other so-called status offenses died late Thursday after a lengthy fight in the Missouri House. Under current state law, a 17-year-old is considered an ...

The state will not pursue criminal charges related to the collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir, Attorney General Jay Nixon announced on Friday after a meeting with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Gov. Matt Blunt. The reservoir failed in ...

A bill to allow legal aid groups in Missouri to continue receiving state funding passed in the final hours of the legislative session and is headed to the governor’s desk. The bill extends the sunset date for a state fund ...

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Gene Laguerre polishes a new Volkswagen Jetta last year in the showroom of Brookline VW Audi in Brookline, Mass. Volkswagen, Europe

Furniture can have a major effect on how employees feel about the company they work for and their position there. It can also affect their job performance and health. For instance, an employee who sits in a nonadjustable chair at ...