Law

The minimum wage will increase to $12 an hour, FOID card renewals will be streamlined and public colleges and universities won’t be able to require standardized tests for admission.

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with attorney Mitch Margo, the Missouri Valley Conference’s general counsel, about the legal…

When we started We Live Here we promised to take you along on the reporting process with us. Recently, I’ve been looking into the public defender system…

Seventy-nine municipal courts give the small towns and cities of St. Louis County significant autonomy in judging minor infractions as such speeding…

Updated at 4:55 with reaction from chief Sam Dotson.A proposal that would have had two judges handling most crimes involving firearms in the city of St.…

In the upcoming election, Missouri voters will decide whether to change how judges are chosen in the Show Me State.More than 70 years ago Missourians…

Missouri’s public defenders won a big case before the state supreme court this summer.The high court ruled a judge in Christian County erred when he…

Both were subjects of new laws signed by Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn today.One new law will toughen safety measures on a chemical used by dry cleaners.Gov. Pat…

The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down part of a state harassment law enacted after the suicide of a St. Charles County teenager who was teased over…

A federal judge has ruled that Missouri's flag desecration law is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson issued a…