The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century. One of this election-year term’s biggest cases ...
Read More »Young lawyers encouraged to ask firms about number of women
After listening to speakers at a symposium on challenges women face in the workplace, a law school student in the audience asked a key follow up question – what should she and other young women ask firms during interviews? Joyce ...
Read More »Father of Missouri Gov. Nixon dies at 90
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is mourning the death of his 90-year-old father. The Democratic governor said Friday that Jeremiah “Jerry” Nixon died of natural causes at his St. Louis home. Jerry Nixon was a World War II and Korean War ...
Read More »Dow Chemical settles case citing Supreme Court uncertainty
Dow Chemical says it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court. The company was found liable in 2013 by a ...
Read More »Outside conservative groups overwhelm Arkansas judge races
With days to go until the state’s primary election, Arkansas’ airwaves are dominated by political vitriol and mailboxes are packed with campaign flyers, but most of it has nothing to do with Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or the other presidential ...
Read More »Florida’s 24-hour abortion waiting period to take effect
A Florida appeals court on Friday ordered the enforcement of a state law that that requires women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. The 1st District Court of Appeal lifted an injunction that blocked the waiting period from ...
Read More »Kansas wind industry won’t wait for court drama to blow over
Kansas’ abundant wind power was poised to help the Sunflower State and several surrounding neighbors comply with new federal requirements to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, however, those federal rules are on hold until the legal ...
Read More »Missouri group sues EPA over nutrient levels in lakes
A Missouri advocacy group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of shirking its responsibility for properly regulating nutrient levels in hundreds of the state’s lakes. The nonprofit Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in ...
Read More »Man no longer police officer after racially charged video
A white Missouri man is no longer a police officer after appearing in a racially charged music video wearing his uniform and carrying a “cops lives matter” sign. St. Joseph police spokesman Capt. Jeff Wilson said in an email Thursday ...
Read More »Univ. of Missouri fires instructor after student run-ins
The University of Missouri fired an assistant professor on Thursday who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year, including a videotaped confrontation where she called for “some muscle” to remove a videographer from the Columbia ...
Read More »Judge Ellis to retire from Western District
Judge Joseph Ellis on Thursday announced his retirement from the Court of Appeals Western District with a few of his closest colleagues and a handful of litigants nearby. Ellis, who will leave the court on Tuesday, sat as the presiding ...
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