The Supreme Court on Monday struggled to resolve a bitter tax dispute between a Nevada inventor and California officials that has spanned more than two decades and raises broader questions about whether a state agency can be hauled into another ...
Read More »Kansas chief justice won’t hear case involving court funding
The Kansas Supreme Court’s chief justice removed himself Monday from a lawsuit over an attempt by legislators to curb the high court’s administrative power that’s threatened the state judiciary’s entire budget. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and the high court’s other six ...
Read More »US Supreme Court denies appeal from district’s parents
The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal Monday from parents who wanted the ability to raise property taxes above a state cap in their wealthy suburban Kansas City school district. The Shawnee Mission school district parents argued state school funding is ...
Read More »State lawmakers in 10 states push debt-free college options
Lawmakers in 10 states launched a legislative push Monday intended to make debt-free public college a priority of the 2016 election. In a teleconference, the group of Democrats announced plans to introduce resolutions in the early primary states of New ...
Read More »Regulators move to stop Staples’ deal with Office Depot
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the deal would reduce competition in the office supplies market. The companies said they plan to fight to preserve ...
Read More »Supreme Court seems to favor limits on tribal court lawsuits
The Supreme Court appears ready to impose limits on lawsuits in a Native American court against people who are not members of the Indian tribe. The justices heard arguments Monday in a closely watched appeal by Dollar General Corp. over a ...
Read More »Appeals court upholds Linn State drug testing policy
An appeals court reversed a federal court decision that had limited the scope of a Missouri technical college’s drug testing policy. On Monday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in favor of Linn State Technical College, ...
Read More »Judges split over reappointment of Wood
An October decision against reappointing a longtime Jackson County official divided the 16th Circuit Court, public records show. Sixteen of 26 judges voted in closed session against reappointing Rebbecca Lake Wood, the county’s public administrator, to her fifth term. The ...
Read More »Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court
A key federal appeals court judge who thwarted the last push to make sure consumers get equal access to the Internet appeared open Friday to the government’s revised plan. Judge David Tatel was part of a three-judge panel hearing arguments in ...
Read More »Missouri Lt Gov Kinder says campaign money was misspent
The gubernatorial campaign for Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday that tens of thousands of dollars of campaign funds had been misspent by former aides and that the matter has been referred to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kinder’s campaign ...
Read More »Promises of a positive Missouri governor’s race questioned
Candidates for Missouri governor said the 2016 race would be amicable after a contender who had criticized political bullying shot and killed himself last year. But two Republican candidates created a dust-up last month with the public release of a ...
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