JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rethinking the benefit of prisons, Missouri House leaders are backing legislation that could effectively undo mandatory minimum sentencing laws for many nonviolent criminals. The Missouri legislation reflects a national trend toward more lenient prison terms for some drug offenders and other low-level criminals, as governments shift toward alternative strategies that […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway says she’s creating a public corruption team now she’s been sworn in for another term. The 36-year-old Democrat took the oath of office Monday at a ceremony in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda. This will be her first full term in office. She was originally appointed to […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rethinking the benefit of prisons, Missouri House leaders are backing legislation that could effectively undo mandatory minimum sentencing laws for many nonviolent criminals. The Missouri legislation reflects a national trend toward more lenient prison terms for some drug offenders and other low-level criminals, as governments shift toward alternative strategies that […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway says she’s creating a public corruption team now she’s been sworn in for another term. The 36-year-old Democrat took the oath of office Monday at a ceremony in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda. This will be her first full term in office. She was originally appointed to […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri and its governor cannot be sued over the state’s underfunded and understaffed public defender system, a federal appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said the legal doctrine of sovereign immunity means the state can’t commit a legal wrong and […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri General Assembly began its historic 100th edition on Wednesday with a new slate of leaders who touted an agenda focused on promoting good schools and good jobs. Republicans in charge of the Capitol also encouraged a more peaceable assembly, a year after a gubernatorial scandal and a chain-reaction […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a legal dispute in which 15 states are seeking to strike down laws in California and Massachusetts that require larger living areas for some farm animals. The attorney general’s office in Missouri, which spearheaded one of the lawsuits, vowed Tuesday […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will consider whether to collect sales taxes on online purchases, allow sports gambling and overhaul legislative redistricting when they return for the start of the 2019 session. Actions by the U.S. Supreme Court and Missouri voters last year are dictating top issues for the Republican-led Legislature during the […]