Attorney General Eric Schmitt
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Politics
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Circuit Court judge dismissed Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit Thursday against the local school district’s now-rescinded…
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Crime
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…
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Politics
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…
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Business
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…
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Coronavirus
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…
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Coronavirus
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…
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Education
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…
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Coronavirus
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…
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Politics
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…
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Coronavirus
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…
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News
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…
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Police Accountability
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…
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Politics
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…
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Politics
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…
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News
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…
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Politics
Lawsuit seeks to force Missouri to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion
The least surprising lawsuit of the year, to force Missouri to provide Medicaid coverage to 275,000 people eligible under a 2020…
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Coronavirus
Parson holds party-less inaugural, predicts ‘sunny days’
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson began a new term in office Monday with an inaugural ceremony marking…
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Featured
Judge reinstates St. Louis County’s 2015 court reform provisions
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A judge has reinstated parts of a 2015 court reform law spurred by protests after the…
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