The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the same-sex partner of a Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty cannot collect survival benefits.
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the same-sex partner of a Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty cannot collect survival benefits.
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Read More »A new Texas law requiring abortion doctors to affiliate with local hospitals places a “substantial obstacle” in the path of women seeking the procedure, a federal judge ruled, blocking its enforcement.
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Read More »The law firm that was home to former U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton for the last two years is mourning his loss.
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Read More »“Fear and not fact is making credit tighter than it should be.”
Read More »The proposed rules would allow companies to sell shares of their properties or development projects, via crowdfunding, to anyone. Currently, such opportunities are generally available only for affluent individuals.
Read More »Peggy Stevens McGraw is the latest judge to announce her retirement from the Jackson County Circuit Court.
Read More »University of Missouri-Columbia General Counsel Steve Owens and Deputy Chancellor Mike Middleton will lead the university as it searches for a new chancellor.
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Read More »As a general proposition, an employee's off-duty conduct is not the employer's concern. However, an employer may discipline an employee if it can establish a nexus between the objectionable off-duty conduct and the employer's legitimate interests.
Read More »Missouri’s judges could be due a multi-million-dollar pay increase if their counterparts in the federal government are able to win a court case seeking a retroactive pay hike.
Read More »The case is one of several stemming from allegations against Father Shawn Ratigan, formerly of the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Read More »The case was the first brought by the U.S. against a bank over defective mortgages to go to trial.
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