ST. LOUIS RECORD

ST. LOUIS — Employers in the city of St. Louis must comply with a new law that goes into effect immediately and raises the minimum wage to $10 per hour for all employees who work at least 20 hours a week.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate leader Ron Richard (R-Joplin) wants to repeal the process for selecting justices to the state’s Supreme Court.

SPRINGFIELD — The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District has upheld a decision by a lower court in favor of ConocoPhillips in a lawsuit alleging it took money from an insurance fund for the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks.

ST. LOUIS — Citing lax expert standards and huge payouts for plaintiffs, St. Louis has been named to the top spot in the annual Judicial Hellholes report released by the American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF).