The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a law passed last year that authorized new regulations for writing summaries for ballot measures. Sean Soendker Nicholson, a progressive political activist based in Kansas City, filed suit, claiming the law is...
A central Missouri judge has tossed out a lawsuit against the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA) alleging that the nonprofit is subject to the state’s open records laws. A Georgia-based nonprofit, called the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), filed the...
A judge in mid-Missouri’s Cole County will hold a hearing Monday afternoon in Jefferson City involving a lawsuit filed by three women who want the state to fund Medicaid expansion. The plaintiffs note Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion in August....
The state Supreme Court has ruled today the Missouri Legislature violated the Constitution when lawmakers blocked Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled General Assembly’s budget writing tactic has defunded the organization more than $1...
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a request to have a Medicaid expansion court case transferred to the high court. The decision ends an attempt by conservative group Americans for Prosperity to get the issue kicked off the August primary election ballot. The...
