Federal prosecutors are set to announce a settlement with General Motors that resolves a criminal investigation into how the Detroit automaker concealed a deadly problem with small-car ignition switches, according to three people briefed on the case. Under the deal, ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers cut jobless benefits, limit minimum wages
Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature put a conservative stamp on state employment laws Wednesday, voting to cut unemployment benefits to one of the shortest periods nationally while also outlawing local minimum wage increases. Internal Republican dissention doomed another high-profile measure, as the ...
Read More »Court limits recovery of $16 million judgment
An appeals court on Tuesday said an insurance company owes — at least for now — just $1 million of a $16 million judgment entered against a security manager who accidentally paralyzed a man. In 2012, Wayne Bryers unintentionally fired ...
Read More »Number of bar test takers, passage rates continue to fall
The number of people sitting for the Missouri bar exam dropped again this year, as did the number passing the test. A total of 771 people sat for the bar exam in July, down from the 792 that sat for ...
Read More »University of Missouri cancels Planned Parenthood contracts
The University of Missouri and Planned Parenthood have ended their 26-year relationship after state lawmakers started investigating abortions performed at the organization’s clinics. Within the past month, university officials cancelled 10 contracts with Planned Parenthood clinics in four states where ...
Read More »Court halts execution of Oklahoma man who claims innocence
An appeals court halted the execution of an Oklahoma man with just hours to spare Wednesday after his attorneys said they had uncovered new evidence, including a fellow inmate’s claim that he overheard another man convicted in the case admit ...
Read More »Court again denies Kim Davis’ bid to delay marriage licenses
Embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis “has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success” in her legal bid to exempt her office from licensing same-sex marriages, a federal appeals court reiterated Tuesday. One day after Davis returned to work following a ...
Read More »Breyer wants people to better grasp how high court functions
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn’t planning to retire anytime soon, but he doesn’t hesitate when asked about his legacy after more than two decades on the bench. He said he likes the late Justice Thurgood Marshall’s preference for having ...
Read More »Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
Clerk Mike Johnston prays twice a day, once each morning and once each night, and asks the Lord to understand the decision he made to license same-sex marriage. “It’s still on my heart,” said Johnston, whose rural Carter County sits ...
Read More »Task force examining work conditions at Jackson County jail
A task force examining problems at the Jackson County Detention Center is focusing primarily on work conditions such as mandatory overtime that might have led to inmate abuse. County officials said last month that they had discovered four cases of ...
Read More »GOP senators ask Justice to clarify Clinton email inquiry
Two top Republican senators asked the Justice Department on Monday whether it is conducting a criminal investigation related to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private server for email and whether the computer specialist who helped set it up is ...
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