The speaker of the Missouri House vowed Wednesday to make “much-needed medical malpractice reform” a key part of his legislative agenda.

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Two days after lawmakers overrode Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a law to protect The Doe Run Co. from large punitive damage awards, the company settled three lawsuits alleging injuries from lead pollution.

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The legislation would have redefined misconduct and good cause to disqualify certain workers from getting unemployment benefits.

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Lawmakers rose up to protect Doe Run Resources from large punitive damage awards.

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Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr. once again promoted alternative courts in his annual State of the Judiciary address Wednesday in Jefferson City.

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A dismal budget situation and a lack of consensus on certain issues may inhibit legislators from passing agenda items during this year’s session of the Missouri General Assembly. As lawmakers prepare to return on Wednesday for the five-month session, the ...

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The Missouri General Assembly has completed a budget that uses federal stimulus money to forestall cuts made to the state's judiciary system. (pictured is House Budget Chairman Allen Icet, R-Wildwood) As a result, both the judiciary and the state's public defender system will see slight increases to their 2010 operating budgets. Included in that budget bill is $37.3 million for the state's public defender system. The appropriation is slightly higher than what the department got during the current fiscal year.

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The Kansas City Star on Friday reported that the Missouri General Assembly will very likely do nothing with the various ethics reform bills currently generating dust on the shelves of the twin-headed hydra in Jefferson City. Apparently only five of ...

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A former state representative from St. Louis County was found not guilty on Friday of sexual assault charges in Cole County. Clay County jurors took four hours to find Scott Muschany not guilty on Friday of a felony charge of ...

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State Rep. Sally Faith said she gets about 100 e-mails and 30 or 40 phone calls each day from people concerned about potential cuts to the state’s budget. But Faith, who sits on the House Budget Committee, and several other ...

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Advocates for fair housing called on the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation to give tenants notice of foreclosure proceedings against their landlords. Legislation introduced in the state Senate by Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, would require lenders or trustees ...

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