Service and technology companies based in Missouri will have the option of calculating their taxes in a way that supporters of the measure say avoids double taxation. Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill Wednesday that gives more companies a tax ...
Read More »McCaskill seeks reforms for police military equipment
Two Democratic members of Missouri’s congressional delegation said Thursday they’re seeking to reform federal programs that provide military equipment to police, responding to allegations that local law enforcement overreached by using armored vehicles and high-caliber weapons during Ferguson protests. U.S. ...
Read More »Lawmakers OK financial fraud measure for seniors
Financial professionals who suspect an older Missouri resident or person with a disability is the target of financial fraud would have broader authority under a measure headed to the governor. The Missouri Senate voted 33-1 Wednesday on a measure that ...
Read More »Joseph Simeone, law professor and Supreme Court judge, dies at 93
For years, Judge Joseph Simeone was the legal historian reporters turned to when writing an obituary for a member of the judiciary. Now it is Simeone who is being honored.
Read More »Governor approves med mal caps
Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law Thursday a bill that would reinstate limits on medical malpractice awards, according to a news release. “This bipartisan legislation protects patients by making sure that significant financial restitution can be sought in cases of ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers approve municipal court restrictions
The Missouri Legislature has sent the governor a measure in response to concerns voiced by some residents in the St. Louis area following last summer's fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer.
Read More »Lawsuits hope to land punches over boxing match
A St. Louis woman has joined a growing list of people suing over the highly publicized boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Anna Ralphs filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Charter Communications, alleging ...
Read More »Railway loses appeal over dual verdicts
BNSF Railway Co. lost an appeal of a $900,000 verdict for an Iraq veteran who broke his ankle in a fall from a locomotive cab.
Read More »Student transfer law goes to governor
A plan aimed at fixing Missouri’s troubled student transfer system passed the Legislature on Tuesday, despite expanded options for charter and virtual schools and other concerns that meant the House only narrowly approved the measure. At issue is a 1993 ...
Read More »Court: warrantless cellphone tracking not illegal search
Investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a closely-watched case involving the rules for changing technology. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning ...
Read More »Republicans in Senate push to rein in city actions
Missouri’s GOP-led Senate expanded a House bill on Tuesday that would ban municipalities from barring the use of plastic bags and also stop cities and towns from increasing their minimum wage — a move some Democrats criticized as inhibiting local ...
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