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After voters approved Amendment 3 in November, Planned Parenthood attorneys want to overturn a number of Missouri laws that regulate abortion services and providers. A court decision on the lawsuit could come soon.

The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective failed to appear at the first day of his federal trial in Topeka. He faces federal charges of violating the civil rights of two women.

A 74-page ruling backs state’s argument defending law that has blocked transgender Missourians from accessing gender-affirming health care,

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District determined that counties don't have authority as a local government to impose an additional sales tax on recreational marijuana. In one case, cannabis customers paid a total sales tax of nearly 21%.

Denton Loudermill Jr. is suing three conservative Missouri senators for defamation after they falsely claimed on social media that he was an "illegal alien" and the shooter at the Super Bowl parade in Kansas City. He refiled his federal lawsuits in Missouri after a Kansas court dismissed them.

Both states have a non-partisan merit selection system where voters decide whether or not to keep a judge in office through regular retention elections. This year, a multitude of judges — including two on the Missouri Supreme Court — are up for retention on the 2024 ballot.

The Missouri Attorney General leads a lawsuit from several Republican states to stop a nationwide plan that would provide loan relief to millions of students. The case was moved this week from Georgia to Missouri.

Youth are being blamed of an increase in property crimes in Kansas City, and the Jackson County Family Court confirmed they've experienced a rise in the number of case referrals. But officials add that putting a person in jail isn't easy, and for youth, it's not always the best solution.

If passed, Amendment 6 would allow Missouri to fund salaries and pensions for elected county sheriffs and prosecutors through court fees. It was placed on the Nov. 5 ballot by the General Assembly to reverse a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that found the fees unconstitutional.

Federal prosecutors say the United Nation of Islam, a quasi-religious group deemed to be a "cult," used fear to coerce children into working up to 16-hour days in its storefronts, which were donated by the Kansas City, Kansas government.

Edgar Springs in Phelps County has refused to pay $80,000 in damages and court costs to a woman who it banned from city hall for four years. Now, a judge has ordered the town to put a tax increase on the ballot in order to cover those costs.

The campaign behind the reproductive-rights amendment plans to appeal the decision, and as part of the judge’s stipulations, Amendment 3 will not yet be taken off the ballot