The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Gov. Mike Kehoe did not violate the State Constitution by calling a special session to pass the Missouri First congressional district map. During a hearing Wednesday before the High Court, Attorney Sharon Jones,...
A Missouri House committee is debating whether to back a bill that would create an independent “Office of Transparency” within the state Department of Corrections. Sharon Geuea Jones with the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP testified in favor of HB...
At 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Ernest Lee Johnson was pronounced dead at the state prison in Bonne Terre. After being sentenced to death nearly 23 years ago, he died by lethal injection at the maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri. Johnson, 61, was convicted of...
State Senator Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, wants to make it a Class E felony for any protester who interferes with or blocks a public road. Drivers would not be held liable for injuring the demonstrators who block traffic. A provision in the bill says the driver is...
The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union and several other organizations are hosting a virtual town hall this evening at 7 p.m. to talk about COVID-19 outbreaks within Missouri’s prisons. Families of those impacted by COVID inside...
