State abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B nor contraception, Missouri AG says
After at least one hospital system in Missouri stopped providing emergency contraception because of ambiguity in the state’s abortion ban,…
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Judge dismisses Missouri AG’s mask lawsuit against St. Charles school district
A St. Charles County Circuit Court judge dismissed Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit Thursday against the local school district’s now-rescinded…
Missouri Supreme Court reaffirms ruling on 2015 law capping revenue from court fines
After the 2014 protests in Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice found that city’s police department and municipal court had intentionally worked…
Attorney General Schmitt’s budget slashed over COVID lawsuits
A key Missouri legislator upset with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s aggressive campaign of lawsuits against local governments and school districts cut $500,000…
Missouri finalizes $458M deal in opioid epidemic lawsuit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri will get $458 million to help victims of the opioid epidemic as part of a…
Attorney General Schmitt renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules
Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he…
Judge denies effort by local health agencies to intervene, appeal Missouri COVID ruling
A Cole County judge denied on Wednesday the efforts by local health departments and the state’s two largest counties to…
Missouri treasurer joins crackdown on schools with mask mandates
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s treasurer will no longer help schools refinance bond debt unless superintendents promise not to enforce…
Missouri’s largest counties seek to appeal ruling overturning local health orders
St. Louis and Jackson counties requested Monday that they be permitted to intervene and appeal a recent court ruling that…
Missouri Attorney General seeks texts, emails about metro mask mandates
Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican, wants to know what four Democratic executives in Missouri’s largest metro areas said in…
Missouri AG’s push to sue every school with mask mandate heads to court next week
Orders requiring school children to wear masks in class will be tested in court next week, when a Boone County…
Judge to rule this week on Missouri Medicaid expansion lawsuit
A decision on whether Missouri must provide Medicaid coverage to working-age adults will come in “a day or so,” Cole County Circuit…
O’Fallon, Mo., police chief resigns over new Missouri gun law
O’FALLON, MO. (AP) — The police chief of O’Fallon has resigned over concerns about a new Missouri law that would…
Missouri AG can’t enforce Sunshine Laws in governor’s office because it’s ‘a client’
Attorney General Eric Schmitt has determined his office cannot investigate an alleged violation of Missouri’s open records laws by the…
Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
Corrections overtime case gets split decision in Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri prison guards who have waited almost three years to find out if they will receive a share of $114…