JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed an investigation of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that began after a journalist exposed a state database flaw. Patrol Capt. John Hotz told the Post-Dispatch Monday that results of the investigation were turned over to Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. It remains unclear…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is warning school districts and local public health departments that he will take legal action if they do not stop enforcing COVID-19 related health orders such as mask mandates and quarantine rules. In letters sent Tuesday, Schmitt cited a Cole County judge’s ruling last month…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy has led to a legal battle over the state’s referendum process that has gone all the way to the state Supreme Court. Judges heard arguments Wednesday on whether the people’s right to overturn laws passed by the Legislature has…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A jury has awarded Missouri prison guards compensation for work they performed before and after their shifts.A Cole County jury on Tuesday awarded $113.7 million to 13,000 current corrections officers or those who worked at the Department of Corrections since 2007. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports legal filings in the case say…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Judges have scheduled two hearings on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ request to block those investigating his use of a charity donor list for his gubernatorial campaign. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison is to hold a hearing Tuesday on Greitens’ request to disqualify St. Louis prosecutors from a felony case filed…
The attorney general’s office argued that cities aren’t required to have a police department because they can contract services from other law enforcement agencies
