The woman charged in the 2018 killing of a 4-year-old boy she was caring for pleaded guilty to murder Friday.
A Missouri bill awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe would give judges broader power to quickly dismiss lawsuits designed to chill speech, replacing what supporters have long described as among the weakest anti-SLAPP laws in the country. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Mike Henderson of Desloge, would repeal Missouri’s current anti-SLAPP law and […]
(The Center Square) - The Department of Justice filed separate federal lawsuits Wednesday against Washington, Oregon, Maine and Massachusetts, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and Democratic-led states over federal immigration enforcement.
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in two separate cases on Thursday, ruled against convicted individuals seeking to reduce their prison sentences.
A lawsuit filed by Robert Muller-Russo's husband alleges defendants deliberately disregarded Muller-Russo's medical needs, leading to his death.
The last case that could overturn Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map without a statewide vote went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, with attorneys for the NAACP arguing lawmakers should never have been called together in the first place. The General Assembly convened Sept. 3 in a special session called at the urging of […]
The campaign opposing a November ballot measure that would reinstate Missouri’s abortion ban formally launched Wednesday, arguing Republican lawmakers are trying to overturn the 2024 vote that ended the state’s near-total ban through a “bait and switch” measure. The coalition, called Stop the Ban Missouri, has already amassed nearly $2 million. Its first ad leans heavily into […]
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Bellwether lawsuit moves forward as insurance industry leaders rethink how it uses artificial intelligence.
A federal law that preempts lawsuits against rental car companies based on the negligence of the drivers may be extended to ride-share and on-demand delivery companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash.