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Governor dashes hopes of special session on sports betting
Lawmakers in the capital city are discussing sports betting again, but the governor is dashing any hopes of legalization during the special session.
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the capital city are discussing sports betting again, but the governor is dashing any hopes of legalization during the special session.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson’s plan for tax change in Missouri includes extending and creating agricultural tax credits.
Continue ReadingMissouri lawmakers headed home for the weekend Thursday after two days of veto session and the start of a special session.
Continue ReadingMissouri state senators gaveled in just before noon on Wednesday for the beginning of a special session.
Continue ReadingSome Missouri lawmakers are pushing for Gov. Mike Parson to include legalizing recreational marijuana as part of his call for a special legislative session.
Continue ReadingLawmakers are set to be back in the capital Wednesday, as Missouri’s special session regarding tax cuts is set to begin at 11:30 a.m.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court won’t take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposal would allow those age 21 and older to buy and
Continue ReadingThe Kansas City Star and The Associated Press have asked a Boone County judge to unseal her judgment in a child custody case involving former Gov. Eric Greitens.
Continue ReadingA motion to expedite the lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and NAACP against a new Missouri law requiring voter ID will be heard in Cole County court Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana during the Nov. 8 election. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on Friday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to remove the question from the ballot. Walker ruled that the woman
Continue ReadingA lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WEBER and JIM SALTER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The judge in the child custody case involving former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has ruled that it should move to Texas because his two sons now spend most of their time there, and to better protect the boys from public scrutiny. That’s according
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Associated Press has joined an effort to get a sealed court record from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ child custody case. The Boone County Circuit Court clerk on Tuesday accepted the AP’s request to join The Kansas City Star’s motion to make public the document
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A child custody case between former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his ex-wife has been moved to Texas. Sheena Greitens’ lawyer confirmed to the Kansas City Star Wednesday that the judge decided the case should continue in Texas, where Sheena Greitens is a public affairs professor at the University of Texas.
Continue ReadingA special session called to consider a $700 million permanent income tax cut will be pushed back a week, Missouri legislative leaders said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for mistakes made in the 2018 prosecution of then-Gov. Eric Greitens, but agrees with an advisory counsel’s decision that suspension of her law license or disbarment are not merited. The brief ruling Tuesday from the state’s high court
Continue ReadingStudents may see fewer book options when returning to class this week, but only if those books contained sexually explicit images.
Continue ReadingA Boone County judge closed off her decision in a family court case involving the state’s former governor.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Como for Choice held a “Summer of Rage” protest Saturday evening at the Boone County Courthouse to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A group of Columbia residents gathered in response to the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this summer which led to Missouri becoming the first state
Continue ReadingNew Missouri election laws took effect Sunday that will impact the upcoming November midterm election.
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