Missouri courts have expunged more than 140,000 marijuana cases since voters approved the 2022 constitution amendment to legalize recreational cannabis.
And the numbers won’t climb much higher than that.
Courts were mandated, as part of the amendment, to search their files for eligible marijuana-related charges and then make it as if they never existed on people’s records.
Missouri’s biggest counties have made it through the bulk of the task, but some will continue to chip away at it this…
Bert sat down and said to me, “I know you are not going to like this because you are not a sports fan at all, but I have always wanted to purchase and own a Major League Baseball team. And I want to do it with you.”
(The Center Square) – The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.
Deliberations began Wednesday afternoon in a trial that began with jury selection on Oct. 8 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.
Jurors saw hundreds of transcripts and heard hours of recordings and testimony as attorneys presented their cases and made arguments.
Chicago attorney Sam Adam…
In the coming days, weeks and months, investigators will look to identify what factors specifically led to the disaster involving an American Airlines passenger jet flying from Wichita.
The challenge of fostering growth in St. Louis requires investment in both people and innovation, without sacrificing either, writes Jason Q. Purnell of the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
The owner of a parcel being sought by the city of St. Louis in its effort to gain control of the Railway Exchange Building and its parking garage has appealed the sale price set for its property in eminent domain proceedings.
A group of volunteers including two former DJs for St. Louis community radio station KDHX filed a petition Wednesday morning in St. Louis Circuit Court to oust seven of the eight members of the nonprofit station's board.
There is no appetite among House Republicans for a bill that would put a bounty on undocumented immigrants, Speaker Jon Patterson told reporters Thursday.
The legislation, which was debated Tuesday in a Missouri Senate committee, would award a $1,000 bounty for tips that result in the arrest of a person present in the United States without authorization. The sponsor of the bill also wants to to authorize bounty hunters to track down people identified in tips.
No one in the House has filed a…
St. Louis County is eyeing creation of a land bank, or government holder of tax delinquent, derelict property. Vacancy is now "an insurmountable problem," a lawmaker said.
Lois Conley founded The Griot Museum of Black History after realizing that St. Louis was not acknowledging African American heritage despite its rich history.
David Field is out as president and CEO of Audacy just months after the audio content provider emerged from bankruptcy as a private company. Its St. Louis stations include KMOX.
Kwema's Smart Badge Reel, a device designed to improve workplace safety, features a hidden duress button that allows employees to discreetly call for help.
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