by Ashley Byrd | Apr 27, 2022 | Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an effort to block a new gun law can get another day in circuit court. In a 6-1 decision, the high court has given St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County another chance to argue against the Second Amendment...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 8, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Elections, Legislature, News
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetum is considering a lawsuit designed to let all Missouri voters cast a ballot by mail this year without a notarized signature. The NAACP of Missouri and the ACLU of Missouri are suing the state and contend that a new law...
by Mike Lear | Jul 1, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
A Cole County judge has dismissed lawsuits challenging two issues on the August ballot, saying the deadline has passed for a court change to the ballot language of those issues as plaintiffs had hoped. The rulings deal with Constitutional Amendment 5, which supporters...
by Mike Lear | Jun 27, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Elections, News
A judge has heard the arguments of attorneys who say the language of two issues on the August ballot should be struck down, and attorneys who say it’s too late for that. The challenges are against Constitutional Amendment 5 that backers say would strengthen the...
