A federal judge has thrown out a free-speech lawsuit against a former police detective filed by a man who was arrested while questioning a speaker at the Kansas City Public Library in 2016. Chief Judge Beth Phillips ruled that Brent ...
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Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound on a recent gray morning to herd schools of Asian carp toward 1,000-foot-long nets. The ongoing roundup on wind-rippled Kentucky Lake, ...
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Read More »St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and underwent tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the Blues’ game against the Ducks. The team said in a statement 36-year-old ...
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Read More »The state of Missouri no longer would face financial punishment for wrongdoing in some civil lawsuits under legislation debated this week in the state Senate. The proposal would give the state what’s called “sovereign immunity,” the legal concept that protects ...
Tagged with: HIV records Missouri bill on lawsuits Missouri Republican Sen. Bill White St. Louis Democratic Sen. Scott Sifton unlawful discrimination wrongful death cases
Read More »In 2016, Sanders carried New Hampshire by 22 points, pummeling Hillary Clinton and setting the stage for a protracted fight over the Democratic presidential nomination. On Tuesday, he won the state’s primary by less than 2 points, raising questions about ...
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A federal judge has removed a major obstacle to T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, as he rejected claims by a group of states that the deal would mean less competition and higher phone bills. Though the deal still needs ...
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Read More »St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his “gayness.” The agreement with Keith Wildhaber was finalized ...
Tagged with: gay police lieutenant Keith Wildhaber Russ Riggan St. Louis County St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar
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The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure this week on local governments over “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigration officers, bringing two new lawsuits and launching a coordinated messaging campaign to highlight an election-year priority of President Donald Trump. Declaring ...
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Read More »The Republican-led Missouri Senate this week passed a proposal to once again ask voters to change the state’s redistricting rules. Less than two years after voters approved a new redistricting plan, senators voted 22-9 in favor of another constitutional amendment ...
Tagged with: Missouri election Missouri redistricting Missouri Senate Sen. Lincoln Hough
Read More »Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy appears durable with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low but faces risks from the deadly virus in China. Giving the Fed’s semiannual monetary report to Congress, Powell said Tuesday ...
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Read More »The Trump administration this week hosted the first of two hearings on a proposal to roll back a landmark environmental law, and activists say the abbreviated schedule is limiting the very public input that’s long been guaranteed by the 50-year-old ...
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