Missouri lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that bars corrections officers from shackling pregnant prisoners through their third trimester, during labor and two days after delivery, and the measure will now go to embattled Governor Eric Greitens.
Read moreThe St. Louis Police Department announced Tuesday that it will launch an investigation into perjury allegations against the private investigator hired by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office in the ill-fated invasion of privacy case against Gov. Eric Greitens.
Read moreAfter three days of jury selection, prosecutors announced Monday they have dropped their invasion of privacy case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens stemming from claims that he blackmailed a former mistress during an affair he admitted to.
Read moreFor the first time in state history, Missouri lawmakers have called a special session that could lead to the impeachment of the governor, Eric Greitens.
Read moreMissouri marijuana proponents scored a victory Tuesday as the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a capital case Monday involving a tumor-ridden man who was described by one prosecutor as a “homicidal energizer bunny.”
Read moreSt. Louis prosecutors on Friday charged Missouri Governor Eric Greitens with a felony for his use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign, adding to the first-term governor’s legal woes.
Read moreWhile the prosecution’s actions warrant sanctions in the criminal case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a St. Louis judge found Thursday those actions do not require dismissal of the case.
Read moreA St. Louis judge is set to rule on a request from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to dismiss a felony criminal indictment due to mistakes by the prosecutor and an investigator.
Read moreThe League of Women Voters of Missouri sued the state Tuesday, claiming it did not follow federal voting-rights law requiring it to update the voter database with information from motor-vehicle records, which the group says impacts half a million residents every year.
Read moreMissouri Governor Eric Greitens could be facing a second felony charge after his attorney general’s office uncovered possible criminal violations by Greitens’ nonprofit charity, The Mission Continues.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that customers’ banks cannot recover directly from the grocery chain Schnuck Markets after hackers stole the information of 2.4 million customer credit and debit cards and made millions worth of unauthorized purchases.
Read moreFighting for his political life, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens desperately tried to play damage control Wednesday after a special investigative committee released a report on his alleged blackmail of a former mistress that has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for his immediate resignation or impeachment.
Read moreMissouri Gov. Eric Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter with his hairdresser and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she spoke about it, according to testimony from the woman released Wednesday by a House investigatory committee.
Read moreA 2016 amendment to the Missouri Constitution banning PAC-to-PAC transfers that was overwhelmingly approved by voters should stand, an attorney for the state’s ethics commission argued Tuesday in the Eighth Circuit.
Read moreMissouri’s former governor, now arguing as a private attorney, urged the state’s highest court on Tuesday to overturn a decision blocking a proposed 780-mile power line that would carry wind energy across the Midwest.
Read moreMissouri’s attorney general – a Republican who is also seeking to unseat a Democrat in the U.S. Senate – sent a subpoena to Facebook on Monday, seeking information in the data-mining scandal currently roiling the social media giant.
Read moreSt. Louis’ top prosecutor on Friday asked a judge to disqualify the law firm representing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in his criminal case.
Read moreRidden with rare tumors, a man described by a prosecutor as a “homicidal energizer bunny” won his second stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreHustler publisher and free speech advocate Larry Flynt lost his appeal to unseal court records on Missouri’s use of lethal injection drugs when the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the government’s interest in carrying out executions outweighs his First Amendment rights.
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