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House debates photo voter registration
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives continues to work its way through legislation that would require voters to produce a photo identification before casting a ballot. Slightly differing versions of the legislation have been debated every year in the state legislature since at least 2005. It has passed both houses of the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Cole County circuit court judge Dan Green has ruled that a new congressional district map drawn by the state legislature is constitutional. The judge’s ruling comes after three days of hearings where challengers to the map argued that several districts across the state did not meet the state constitution’s definitions that [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House committee has given its approval to the latest version of legislation that would require citizens to carry photo identification with them at the polls. The House Committee on Elections voted 7-3 in favor of moving a bill sponsored by Rep. Shane Schoeller, R-Willard, which would require voters to [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court says he supports efforts to make sentencing practices more cost-effective. Justice Richard B. Teitelman told lawmakers during the annual State of the Judiciary address that a committee chaired by state senator Jack Goodman, R-Mount Vernon, and Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, that is looking [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has delayed making a definitive ruling in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently redrawn state Congressional map. On Tuesday, the court chose to sent the lawsuit back to a lower court for further hearings. The maps were the subject of three separate hearings in the [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — It’s now up to the Missouri Supreme Court to decide the fate of the new congressional district map drawn up by the state legislature last session. The high court Thursday heard oral arguments in two cases that challenged the way the congressional maps were drawn up by the state legislature. The [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon has filled a vacancy on the Missouri Supreme Court. Judge George W. Draper III, of St. Louis, a judge on the Eastern District Court of Appeals will replace Michael Wolff on the high court. Wolff retired in August. Draper has served on the appeals court since his appointment [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Supreme Court is set to decide just how much skin Show-Me State strippers are allowed to show. The high court will hear arguments Wednesday concerning a legal challenge to the state’s stringent new regulations on strip clubs and adult bookstores, which owners say violate their free speech rights and [...]
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The commission that selects nominees for seats on the Missouri Supreme Court will interview 13 applicants beginning Aug. 31. The state’s Appellate Judicial Commission is looking to fill a vacancy that will occur when Judge Michael Wolff retires early next month. The commission will meet in closed session during early September and select a field [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Supreme Court Judge William Ray Price’s second term as Chief Justice is over, and he laments the fact that there’s less and less money available for the judiciary than when his term started two years ago. “We have to realize in the courts that there just isn’t enough money to [...]
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