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Nursing home COVID liability protection package voted down in House Rules Committee
Supporters of COVID liability protection for nursing homes say proposed legislation is narrow, temporary and would not apply to incidents of neglect or abuse.
Missouri Supreme Court requires Crestwood to continue paying Affton Fire Protection District $550K annually
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a Cole County Circuit Court decision that a charter city within St. Louis County must continue to pay for Fire Protection District Services even though it annexed a portion of the unincorporated area in 1997.
Missouri Supreme Court requires transfer of plaintiff's claims against drug companies to proper venue outside of St. Louis city
Missouri Supreme Court upholds Rule 51.01
Western District remands case against highway commission involving mother and child who drowned
A state appellate court reversed and remanded a wrongful death lawsuit to Boone County, which had dismissed the complaint of a father who lost his daughter and grandchild in a tragic road accident involving flooding.
Missouri Supreme Court remands permanent total disability benefits for man's tree trimming injuries
Unanimous Missouri Supreme Court decision remands Labor and Industrial Relations Commission decision
Missouri Supreme Court releases names of 25 applicants vying to fill retired Judge Stith's seat
Eight women, four minorities, and 15 judges submitted applications to fill a vacant seat on the Supreme Court of Missouri created by the March 8, 2021 retirement of Justice Laura Denvir Stith who served 20 years, including two years as chief justice
Missouri Chamber backs bill allowing 529 college savings plans to fund apprenticeships
Pending legislation proposes to align Missouri’s 529 college savings plan rules with federal law to allow the investment account to pay for up to $10,000 in student loans and apprenticeship costs
House passes bill ending 'sweetheart deals' costing auto insurers millions of dollars
Missouri is the only state in the union that has a statute allowing defendants to cut out insurers and sue on behalf of a defendant for punitive damages and it has resulted in millions of dollars in losses over the years against insurance companies
Lobbyists: COVID liability protection bill is in Missouri House logjam
The Missouri Senate passed COVID-19 liability protection legislation for businesses by a vote of 20-13 in February but the bill has stalled in the House of Representatives
Statute of limitation legislation likely to overcome opposition during House debate this week, reformer says
Reducing Missouri’s five-year statute of limitations to two years for personal injury claims is more relevant than ever due to COVID-19
Attorney General asks to dismiss COVID masking lawsuit against state House after removing to federal court
The Missouri Attorney General’s office moved the Western District federal court to dismiss a former Missouri House staffer's lawsuit against the Missouri House of Representatives over a lack of masking
Pending legislation would expand charter schools, create parent educational savings accounts
An education bill that is currently pending with the Senate would allow Missouri cities that have more than 30,000 residents to open a charter school
House Joint Resolution 20 to raise standards for ballot initiatives, amend the state constitution
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports increasing the threshold for amending the state constitution through a ballot initiative petition process from the simple majority to 60%
SB 262 would increase gas tax 12.5 cents a gallon to fund bridge, road improvements
A gas tax proposal that would increase the price of fuel by 12.5 cents over five years has passed out of the Senate and is now pending in the House
SB 153 would collect 'Wayfair' tax, create a cash operating expense fund
South Dakota v Wayfair allows a state to tax out of state vendor purchases
Eighth circuit leaves university administrators personally liable for discriminating against student groups based on viewpoint.
A panel of three Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal justices in St. Louis issued a ruling this week that holds university administrators personally liable when they discriminate against student groups based on viewpoint.
United Gas Management estimates price surge after winter storm at 'hundreds of millions of dollars'
The Municipal Gas Commission of East Central Missouri was billed $1.5 million for February when the normal invoice would have been some $268,000, according to Mark Wallace, chairman of the Municipal Gas Commission of East Central Missouri
Federal judge withdraws after declining to facilitate 1% earnings tax refund for remote nonresident St. Louis workers
A federal judge has recused herself from litigation in the Eastern District of Missouri involving a 1% earnings tax that non resident plaintiffs want refunded because they worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Gov. Parson creates COVID economic recovery task force to boost small and minority-owned businesses
Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order creating a task force to provide small and minority-owned businesses a boost
St. Louis prosecutor tapped to build case against Mormon doomsday couple accused of murder
An Idaho judge granted a request to join a veteran Missouri prosecutor to a high-profile case involving the bodies of two children who were found dead underground in the backyard of a popular Mormon author.