JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Several new state laws went into effect on Friday. The laws are the result of the Legislature overriding several vetoes of Gov. Jay Nixon at its session in September.
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Among the findings in the report released by the state auditor Monday, both the Missouri House and Senate were criticized for a lack of policy regarding open records.
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An MU law professor and candidate for Missouri's attorney general pushed back against a lawsuit filed against him over an open records request.
Josh Hawley won the Republican nomination for the spot earlier this month, amidst a contentious race against state Sen. Kurt Schaefer by more than 30 points. He will face former Cass County prosecutor Teresa Hensley in the November primary. Continue…
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The St. Louis Election Board violated the law when it refused to provide copies of absentee ballot applications and ballot envelopes, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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A liberal advocacy group has no right to record public meetings of Missouri Senate committees, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Progress Missouri that argued the state Senate violated the Sunshine Law when it repeatedly blocked the group from recording public committee hearings. Continue…
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By now, we all know that canceling health insurance subsidies to MU graduate student employees in August was a mistake of momentous proportions.
As Julia Roberts said in “Pretty Woman:”
“Big mistake. Big.
“Huge!” Continue…
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The Missouri Legislature this session voted to curtail public access to some public records that lawmakers have sought to seal for years.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing a lawsuit that accuses state senators of violating the Sunshine Law. Progress Missouri filed suit after being kicked out of Senate hearings on multiple occasions while videotaping proceedings.
The group's appeal to the state Supreme Court comes after the circuit judge of Cole County sided with the Senate. The high court heard arguments from both sides on Wednesday.
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There will be a training series called “Serving on Public Boards” that will be held on Jan. 19 and Jan. 21 (one program, 2 nights) from 6 to 9 p.m. in five locations.
Locations include: Advanced Technology Center Room 167 in Mexico (2900 Doreli Lane), Putnam County High School, Brookfield Area Career Center, Grand River Technical School in Chillicothe and Scotland County High School. Continue…
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Joplin's top legal adviser contends he did not violate the Missouri Sunshine Law when he took an unposted telephone poll Sunday of City Council members on a settlement proposal in the Mike Woolston ethics case.
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