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The Missouri legislature’s check on runaway verdicts

By Phil Goldberg |
This ruling is important because it provides a clear pathway for the General Assembly and governor to fix excessive liability that harms people’s lives.

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One year later: Missouri must stop the trial attorney COVID cash-in

It’s now been one year since coronavirus arrived in Missouri. The first confirmed case was announced by Gov. Mike Parson on March 7, 2020.

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This governor puts his money where his mouth is

By Daniel Mehan, Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Missouri, did you happen to watch the big speech on January 27?

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Judges must fulfill promise of new punitive damages law

By Victor Schwartz |
Soon, Governor Mike Parson is expected to sign into law significant reforms regarding the treatment of punitive damages in civil lawsuits in Missouri. The legislature included these reforms in a package of initiatives to improve the state’s civil justice system

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Stopping the opioid crisis begins with stopping Mexican cartels and Chinese drug smugglers

By Brandon J. Zanotti |
The opioid epidemic is a frightening reality that is affecting thousands of families across the country. Drug overdoses killed a jaw dropping 72,300 people in 2017.

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Missouri chamber throws support behind transportation measure

By Keri Carbaugh |
The Missouri Senate is looking to overhaul the resources used in infrastructure through Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz.

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Missouri may weather storm over law prohibiting meat label on plant-based products, attorney says

By John Breslin |
Missouri has found itself thrust into part of a contentious national debate over whether plant-based foods can be marketed or packaged as an alternative to meat.

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Attorney who filed suit against nonprofit over 'dark money' says he plans to run for attorney general

By Carrie Bradon |
Elad Gross, a Missouri-based attorney who filed lawsuits against the governor's office and a nonprofit organization alleging they were withholding information that should be accessible to the public, says he will be running for attorney general.

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Missouri Corrections Officers Association not expecting appeal to change $113 million award in pay dispute

By Carrie Bradon |
Some 13,000 corrections officers involved in a class-action lawsuit that alleged they were required to do work before and after their shifts but weren't paid for the work are awaiting settlements after a jury in Coles County Circuit Court awarded $113 million in the case, and taxpayers are on the hook for even more as the jurors added 9 percent interest on the payout.