Lone Missouri Abortion Clinic Allowed to Stay Open
Missouri wrongfully withheld Planned Parenthood’s license for the state’s only abortion clinic, an administrative panel ruled Friday.
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Salon Chain Closes Outlets After Virus-Related Threats
The Great Clips hair salon chain has temporarily closed its outlets in Springfield, Missouri, after receiving threatening messages due to news that two of its hairstylists who tested positive for the coronavirus might have exposed 140 clients to the illness.
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Missouri Judge Rejects Bid for Widespread Absentee Voting
A lawsuit seeking to allow absentee voting in Missouri in light of the Covid-19 crisis was dismissed by a state judge who found that the complaint asked for measures that went beyond concerns over the pandemic.
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Missouri Pushes Back on Absentee Voting for All Residents
A lawyer for Missouri argued Tuesday that a lawsuit seeking to allow all eligible voters in the state to cast absentee ballots in light of Covid-19 pandemic is overly broad and would fundamentally change how those ballots are issued.
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Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Working Conditions at Missouri Meat Plant
In a ruling that could help quell the concern of disruption in the food supply, a Smithfield Foods meat-processing plant in Missouri can continue to operate without substantial interruption after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking better protections against Covid-19 for its workers.
Read moreNo Music Allowed
Two musicians sued University City, Missouri in federal court, claiming its recent enforcement of an ordinance barring public performance of music in the traditional busking site called the Delmar Loop is unconstitutional.
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Missouri Sues China Over Fallout From Coronavirus Outbreak
Missouri’s Republican attorney general filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party, accusing them of being responsible for the global spread of the coronavirus that has sickened millions worldwide and tanked economies.
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Missourians March on Capitol to Protest Lockdown Order
Echoing cries from across the country, protesters gathered at the Missouri State Capitol on Tuesday demanding an end to Governor Mike Parson’s stay-at-home order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
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Grand Juror Fights to Break Silence on Michael Brown Case
A member of the Michael Brown grand jury argued Thursday before the Eighth Circuit that she should be allowed to publicly speak about her experience in the 2014 shooting case that sparked months of protests.
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Panel Tosses Injunction Against Cash Bail in St. Louis
A federal judge did not adequately weigh a new Missouri Supreme Court rule for cash bail bonds before issuing an injunction prohibiting the practice in St. Louis city courts, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
Read moreFormer Missouri Governor Greitens Fined for Campaign Finance Violations
An investigation into disgraced former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens found “probable cause” his campaign broke the law by not reporting that it cooperated with a political action committee during his 2016 run to the governor’s mansion.
Read moreMissouri v. USA
Missouri sued the Department of the Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers, et al. in federal court to try to stop construction of the Central North Dakota Water Supply Project from the already depleted Missouri River.
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Missouri House Passes Bill Targeting Wind Energy Line
Lawmakers in Missouri’s Republican-led state House on Monday voted to ban the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line, a move that could present a major setback for the project.
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Eighth Circuit Hears Satanist’s Challenge to Missouri Abortion Law
A lawyer for a Satanist argued before the Eighth Circuit on Thursday that Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and an ultrasound before providing an abortion violates her First Amendment rights.
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Missouri High Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voter ID Law
Missouri’s Republican attorney general is considering his next move after the state’s high court struck down part of a voter ID law that requires those without a government-issued photo ID to sign an affidavit in order to vote.
Read moreGuns
Parents seek a restraining order against Academy Sports & Outdoors, of Clayton, Mo., claiming it sells poorly guarded guns and ammunition within 1,000 feet of a school their children attend, in Clay County Court.
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Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Ban on Ads for Cheap Booze
The Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Missouri law barring bars and restaurants from advertising alcohol at discounted rates through specials or coupons violates their right to free speech.
Read moreLand Scam
Vinelanders Community Land Trust and Alice Lee Goodlow, of Kansas City, Mo., bilked “thousands of Missouri consumers” by promising to build them homes if they paid “monthly dues,” but never built even one, the Missouri attorney general claims in Jackson County Court.
Read moreProperty Taxes
Missouri sued the Jackson County Board of Equalization, claiming it harms minorities by appraising their homes well above market value, more than doubling their property taxes in some cases, in Jackson County Court.
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Fight Over St. Louis Bail System Hits Eighth Circuit
A lawyer for four people who claim they were held in a debtors’ jail in St. Louis argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Thursday that a recent change in bail procedures does not make their case moot.
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