A new federal lawsuit claims Missouri is failing people with serious mental illness and disabilities who are stuck in jail waiting for a trial. Nearly 500 people are behind bars in Missouri awaiting a mental health evaluation to determine if they are competent to go...
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing two election-related lawsuits. First, the high court heard arguments Wednesday on the state’s photo identification requirement for voting. The law was passed in 2022 and replaces earlier versions of the state’s photo ID...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri has filed a lawsuit claiming Missouri’s newly-passed congressional map contains a small but detrimental error. The suit says hundreds of voters in the Kansas City area would be placed in both the 4th and 5th congressional...
A Missouri Senate committee is considering legislation that aims to ban adult cabaret or drag performances where it can be viewed by a minor. The bill proposed from Sen. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, stipulates that anyone caught violating the proposed law would be...
A senate committee is considering a pair of illegal immigration bills, one of which would basically create a Missouri version of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The bill from Sen. David Gregory, R-St. Louis County, would also pay bounty hunters $1,000 for...
