A growing number of homeowners are reaching retirement age still owing money on their houses.
Read More »Ex-school secretary wins retaliation damages
A Jackson County jury this week awarded a former Kansas City Public Schools district secretary $87,500.
Read More »Five in federal suit over Ferguson arrests seek total damages of $40M
An attorney with Black Lawyers for Justice filed a civil federal lawsuit Thursday seeking damages for Ferguson protesters who claim to have been unlawfully arrested and abused by police.
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Read More »PHOTO: Jefferson County officials accept ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
The challenge is an effort to raise ALS awareness and funding; participants record themselves getting doused, then post videos to social media sites challenging others to do the same.
Read More »Arnold police officers set to join union
Police officers in the City of Arnold have taken the first steps toward forming a union.
Read More »Q & A: Ferguson, blacks and the quest for citizenship
Annette Gordon-Reed, a law professor at Harvard University and scholar on race, gives her thoughts on race relations in the U.S. after the unrest in Ferguson.
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Read More »Former St. Louis police chief to be state public safety director
A former St. Louis city police chief will be Missouri’s new director of public safety.
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Read More »Legal advocates call for amnesty from Ferguson warrants
Legal advocates are still working to help in Ferguson, including a plea for amnesty for people with outstanding warrants.
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Read More »Judgment against Vatterott College affirmed
An appeals court upheld a hefty jury award against a Kansas City technical college accused of misleading a student about the usefulness of her education.
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Read More »Obama eases birth-control coverage rule
Women who work for religious nonprofits will have access to birth control at no cost under a procedure the Obama administration said would also relieve their employers of any moral objections to the coverage.
Read More »Mistrust of cops spans generations in St. Louis’ black community
“There is a history to these tensions, and that history simmers in more communities than Ferguson,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters last week after a visit to Ferguson.
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