The Judicial Conference has designated the four open judgeships in the Eastern District of Missouri as βjudicial emergencies,β the most in the country.
The revolving door swings when congressional staffers and elected officials move into industries they regulated while in government. The practice is a source of deference shown to corporate titans.
The FBI is seeking tips on the four armed men who robbed Dahab Jewelry in September in St. Louis County, saying they also robbed jewelry stores near Chicago and Detroit.
Richard Russell, who sent death threats to a judge and threatened to blow up the downtown federal courthouse in letters from prison, was sentenced to an additional decade in custody.
For several hours on Wednesday night, after the legal documents has been signed and filed, it was unclear whether polls would open in St. Charles County on Thursday morning.
Cortez Sipes, 38, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty weeks earlier to seven felonies, including assault and resisting arrest.
It will take at least six months to go through the licensing process and another 18 months to build the facility, according to a state official and a company spokesman.
Lynn Schmidt hosts a solo episode to discuss the stress that most Americans are feeling as the election nears and shares ways in which the electorate can make it through.
Lynn Schmidt, P-D columnist and editorial board member
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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, one of a few Republican officials to weigh in on the debate Thursday, said he will appeal any ruling handed down in the case.