Mounting concerns about the coronarvirus spread to state capitols across the country last week, as some lawmakers halted their sessions, shut out the public and scrambled to finish work on essential spending bills to keep government going. Even in states ...

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The Republican-led Missouri Senate this week passed a proposal to once again ask voters to change the state’s redistricting rules. Less than two years after voters approved a new redistricting plan, senators voted 22-9 in favor of another constitutional amendment ...

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The Missouri Senate tackled alterations to the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan for the first time last year. But after the measure failed to come to a vote in the Senate, legislative prospects are dim this year for changing the system ...

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The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a bill that requires businesses to notify their customers when their personal or financial information has been breached. State Sen. Scott Rupp, the bill’s sponsor, said consumers need to know about breaches ...

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Amid concerns that an escalating workload is hindering public defenders’ ability to represent clients, the Missouri Senate took a big step toward sending legislation altering the system to the House. Sen. Jack Goodman’s legislation features a number of components, including ...

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The Missouri Senate passed legislation Tuesday that could pave the way for “Fathering Courts” that handle child support cases to crop up across the state. Sen. Jeff Smith’s bill would allow circuit courts to establish separate entities to dispose of ...

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