Rudi Keller

A Boone County judge on Monday will hear a motion by Deandra Buchanan to reopen his 2002 triple murder case, with the ultimate goal of showing he should be given a new trial. Buchanan says his original case violated his due process rights.

The initiatives would use Missouri’s law governing motor vehicle sales — which requires new cars, trucks and motorcycles to be sold through franchised dealers — to force Tesla out. It's part of an effort to fight back against CEO Elon Musk for his lead role in federal layoffs and budget cuts.

Lee's Summit Republican Sen. Mike Cierpiot's bill would repeal a 1976 ban on charging customers for new power plants as they are built to meets future energy needs. Critics say it’s a cash grab by utilities who will undoubtedly raise rates.

Approximately 25,000 lawsuits in Cole County, Missouri, allege that Roundup causes cancer and the label failed to warn consumers of the risk. A public relations campaign seeks to "convince both the jury pool and the legislature" that the lawsuits are illegitimate, argues an attorney seeking access to the documents.

House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins says Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker has too often decided cases in ways that buck GOP priorities. The legislature can't directly fire Walker, but the bill could rearrange how his position is funded.

Andrew Bailey was questioned about his lawsuit against Starbucks that claims diversity hiring initiatives have caused higher prices and longer waits. “I’m just curious if white-served coffee tastes a little bit better,” one Ferguson Democrat asked.

Universities and hospitals would need to cut their budgets under proposed changes to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health. A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the cuts in response to a lawsuit joined by 22 states, not including Missouri.

Kehoe said one of his priorities for cutting taxes this year is to exempt capital gains — the profits from sale of investments like a business or stocks. But doing that would reduce Missouri's revenue by about $300 million annually.

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers wants more oversight over the prison system — as deaths in custody reach their highest level in state history, and watchdogs warn of drugs behind bars.

Deaths in Missouri prisons have increased in number despite a drop in the number of people incarcerated. The Missouri Department of Corrections says says in-custody fatalities are mainly due to natural causes among an aging, sicker prison population.