The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission will select a panel of three finalists for the vacancy on Aug. 1.

Tagged with: Jackson Count Jay Nixon Michael Manners

R. Cristine Stallings, of Bethany, has been named the prosecuting attorney for Grundy County, in northern Missouri.

Tagged with: Grundy County Jay Nixon prosecuting attorney R. Christine Stallings

Clerks in the St. Charles County Circuit Court are overworked, and they have the data to prove it.

Tagged with: court clerks Jane Schweitzer Jay Nixon Steven Ohmer weighted workload

Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to shift some DWI cases from municipal courts to state courts is drawing fire from some who say the move will overburden state courts and drain revenue from cities. Nixon unveiled an array of proposals last ...

Tagged with: circuit courts DWI Jay Nixon municipal courts

Prosecutors, judges consider changes to state statutes, procedures

Kevin Kelly, a municipal judge in Richmond Heights and a defense lawyer for people accused of drunken driving, speaks on Wednesday at a summit on Missouri's DWI laws in Jefferson City.

Gov. Jay Nixon renewed his commitment to revamping the state's driving while intoxicated statutes. But the first-term governor said that finding common ground on the substance of those changes wouldn't be a simple task.

Tagged with: DWI Jay Nixon

A Republican state senator says he will block for now the nomination of one of Gov. Jay Nixon’s longtime aides to the Administrative Hearing Commission. Joe Bindbeutel served in Nixon’s attorney general administration as the senior chief counsel for the ...

Tagged with: Jay Nixon Joe Bindbeutel Kurt Schaefer

State courts are looking at the second year in a row of cutting $3 million from its general revenue, and circuit courts are going to bear the brunt of the cuts. The budget was the last issue addressed at a meeting of presiding judges Tuesday. The $3 million cut represents about 2 percent of the judiciary's $164 million general revenue budget, Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. (pictured on far right) said on the opening day of the Judicial Conference.

More coverage: Fischer touts science for judges’ training

Tagged with: budget cut budget deficit Jay Nixon presiding judge William Ray Price Jr.

A Cole County judge said three administrative law judges can't be terminated from their positions for budgetary reasons. Earlier this year, five administrative law judge positions were cut. Four of the judges were let go, and a retiring judge was not replaced. Gov. Jay Nixon said the move was meant as a cost-cutting measure in the midst of a tough budgetary situation. In a decision released Wednesday, Cole County circuit judge Jon Beetem issued a permanent injunction that keeps the three men in their positions as administrative law judges.

Tagged with: Henry Herschel Jay Nixon John Tackes Matthew Murphy

State legislators Jeff Smith (left) and Steve Brown have submitted their resignation letters today to the governor's office after both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice charges. Nixon announced this afternoon that he's setting Nov. 3 as the special election date to fill the seats vacated by Smith, a senator from St. Louis, and Brown, a House member from Clayton and an attorney.

See earlier stories: Sen. Smith to resign from Senate; Lawyer: Rep. Steve Brown to plead guilty to obstructing justice

Tagged with: Jay Nixon Jeff Smith Steve Brown

Stueve Siegel Hanson attorney Matthew Dameron is the new chief of staff to Attorney General Chris Koster. Koster made the announcement today that Dameron will replace Robert Kenney, who was recently appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to the Public Service Commission. As chief of staff, Dameron will oversee the daily operations of the AG office.

Tagged with: Chris Koster Jay Nixon Matthew Dameron Missouri Public Service Commission Robert Kenney Stueve Siegel Hanson

As chief of staff to Attorney General Chris Koster, Robert Kenney assisted in hiring people for positions that became vacant after Jay Nixon took many longtime staffers of the office to the executive branch. But in a somewhat ironic move, ...

Tagged with: Chris Koster Jay Nixon Public Service Commission Robert Kenney