Finding that her page constitutes a public forum, a federal judge in Missouri ruled Friday that a Republican state lawmaker violated the free speech rights of a constituent she blocked on Twitter.
Read moreA disgraced former St. Louis County executive was sentenced Friday to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a pay-to-play scheme that awarded government contracts to campaign donors.
Read moreA man who showed up to a Missouri Walmart Thursday afternoon with a bulletproof vest and loaded rifle was intending to “cause chaos,” according to police who arrested the man.
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Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer was a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected and court policies were revised.
Read morePlanned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri in federal court Tuesday in an attempt to stop the state’s sweeping abortion bans.
Read moreA Missouri appeals court reversed denial of a protection order to a woman who says a co-worker tried to strangle her in a restaurant and sexually assaulted her in her home.
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State officials decided Friday that Missouri’s lone abortion provider can keep its license for now, putting the closely watched legal battle on hold until late summer.
Read moreMissouri has set an October execution date for a convicted murderer who claims his unique medical condition could cause intense pain and suffering during the lethal-injection process.
Read moreA Missouri judge issued an order Monday extending Planned Parenthood’s license through the end of the week, giving the state’s only abortion clinic time to appeal its licensing denial on the administrative level.
Read moreMissouri officially denied Planned Parenthood’s license on Friday, but a St. Louis judge kept a preliminary injunction in place allowing the state’s only remaining abortion clinic to stay open for now.
Read moreLawyers for a man who claims he was fired by a small Missouri town for political reasons argued Tuesday before the Eighth Circuit that he should given a new trial because a black potential juror was struck on the basis of race.
Read moreRescuing Missouri’s lone abortion provider, a St. Louis judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday barring state officials from revoking the clinic’s license.
Read morePlanned Parenthood urged a St. Louis judge Wednesday to issue a preliminary injunction barring Missouri officials from pulling the plug on the state’s only remaining abortion clinic.
Read morePlanned Parenthood won the first round Tuesday in a legal battle to keep Missouri’s only abortion clinic open, after a St. Louis judge quashed subpoenas seeking the testimony of four doctors in the state’s bid to pull the clinic’s license.
Read moreMissouri’s lone abortion clinic will stay open for now after a St. Louis judge issued a restraining order Friday afternoon requiring the state to renew its license.
Read moreA vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage of severe weather that saw tornado warnings as far east as New York City.
Read moreMissouri’s lone abortion provider could lose its license at the end of the week, according to a lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis on Tuesday.
Read moreA large tornado touched down in Jefferson City on Wednesday night, causing heavy damage in Missouri’s capital as severe weather swept across the state overnight, causing at least three deaths and leaving many people trapped in the wreckage of their homes.
Read moreAmid a wave of new abortion restrictions across the country, Missouri’s GOP-dominated Legislature passed a bill Friday banning the procedure at eight weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreMissouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Senators approved the legislation 24-10 early Thursday with just hours left before a Friday deadline to pass bills.
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