by admin | Nov 3, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Whether the State Public Defender System can cope with a tight budget by refusing to represent certain defendants is a question now before the State Supreme Court. The court has heard oral arguments in two cases. In St. Francois County, public defenders refused to...
by admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
A state representative is among the three nominees submitted to Governor Nixon to fill a vacancy on the Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals. The Appellate Judicial Commission has announced the nominees to replace retiring Judge Booker Shaw are State...
by admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Voters could be asked to scrap the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan for a plan more closely resembling the federal judicial selection process. Laura Egerdal with the Secretary of State’s office reports that the group ShowMe Better Courts has won approval of the...
by admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Education, Politics / Govt
A legislative leader is relieved, but not surprised by the State Supreme Court ruling that upheld the school funding formula. Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields , a Republican from St. Joseph, was instrumental in writing the new school funding formula approved...
by admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Education
Missouri’s school funding formula has been upheld by the State Supreme Court . In a near unanimous decision, the court turned back a legal challenge mounted by more than 200 school districts which claimed that the formula for funding local schools was inadequate...