The Missouri Supreme Court set Sept. 2 for arguments in the appeals of two ballot measure cases, including a referendum on the state’s gerrymandered congressional map. Both measures were ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a Cole County judge. The court took a case over a referendum on the redistricting on direct appeal. And it issued an order […]
The family of a MU student found dead on a trip with his fraternity has filed an appeal in their wrongful death lawsuit after it was dismissed last month.
A proposal to limit the legislature’s power to alter or repeal measures passed by initiative should not be on Missouri’s November ballot because it “impermissibly constricts” the legislative freedom to make new laws reflecting new views, a Cole County judge ruled Wednesday. The proposal, which would be Amendment 6 on the Nov. 3 ballot if […]
A one-year moratorium on a proposed data center development project could put the city at risk from the project developer, according to a lega…
A Cole County judge will decide Wednesday on whether a proposed constitutional amendment goes too far or if state law directs him to allow it to go to a November vote. At the end of an hour of arguments Tuesday, Circuit Judge Daniel Green promised he would deliver his ruling in one day. Then the […]
(The Center Square) - Colorado’s gun control law that went into effect last week is receiving widespread pushback from many notable organizations in the state, including two county sheriffs’ offices.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice says a judge was wrong in dismissing smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop.
The two proposals denied a spot on the Nov. 3 ballot by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins have the required signatures, data Hoskins has provided online shows. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green will hold a trial Tuesday afternoon on whether the proposal limiting legislative changes to measures passed by initiative will be on […]
Caseloads have surged in parts of the state, and workers say new policies are making cases harder and slower to resolve.
(The Center Square) – One of the latest targets in the legal battles around gun control laws is New York’s ban on Glock-style handguns.