An attorney for a troubled and developmentally delayed teenager accused of attempting to rape his adoptive sister argued to the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday that he unfairly faces being listed on the adult sexual offender registry. The case centers ...
Read More »Kris Kobach’s views spark intense reactions
The four women, in their 70s or 80s, bubble with excitement. They’re about to see the man they hope will be the next Kansas governor and maybe, one day, president. Jacki Cahill, 81, clad in a red American flag T-shirt ...
Read More »Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie and black ski mask holding up one gas station or convenience store after ...
Read More »Attorney and statesman Harold Caskey dies
Former longtime Missouri state Sen. Harold Caskey, a staunch advocate for education and gun rights, died Thursday following complications related to Parkinson’s disease, his wife said. He was 77. Kay Caskey said her husband died at Shawnee Mission Medical Center ...
Read More »Judge awards $17.8M over trust depletion
A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has followed up a jury’s record $77 million verdict over a depleted trust with a judgment of $17.8 million for a second related trust. In a Wednesday order, Circuit Judge Carolyn Whittington said Wells ...
Read More »States competing for data centers extend $1.5B in tax breaks
The former limestone mine seemed perfect for a large computer data center. The air was cool. The rock walls provided a defense against natural disasters. And the tunnels bored into a Kansas City hillside had access to abundant electricity and ...
Read More »Missouri enters data center competition with new tax breaks
When Internet service provider Bluebird Network bought a Springfield computer data center last year, it did so with the intent of gradually expanding it over the next few years. Those plans changed when a new Missouri law took effect this ...
Read More »Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system, allowing some nonviolent drug offenders to get reduced prison sentences and giving judges greater discretion in sentencing. “This historic reform bill addresses legitimate over-incarceration concerns while targeting violent criminals and masterminds ...
Read More »GOP field: Tax cuts for all, don’t worry about consequences
Republicans came into this presidential campaign with painful memories of how, in the last one, Democrats blasted Mitt Romney’s tax plan as a giveaway to the rich. They’ve heard a new wing of conservative intellectuals urge them to focus on ...
Read More »Judge cuts fee award request in Ferguson protest case
After weighing police departments’ arguments that a $381,000 plaintiffs’ fee request in a case over Ferguson protest rights was too hefty, Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry cut the amount by more than half. Perry last week ordered St. Louis ...
Read More »Court strikes down possible payments to college athletes
A federal appeals court agreed Wednesday that the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violated antitrust laws but struck down a plan to allow schools to pay football and basketball players ...
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