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Hogan Preparatory Academy will have to pay $950,000 to a former student who alleges a teacher at the middle school sexually harassed and inappropriately touched her when she was 11.
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The cases concerned a 2019 policy that required women to remove their underwire bras when entering the Jackson County Detention Center.
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Attorneys for Pamela Ricard say the teacher's First Amendment rights were violated when she was disciplined for refusing to use a student's preferred name and pronouns.
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Ronald Williams, who worked as a maintenance electrician in the water department, sued the city in 2018, alleging a pattern of racially motivated discrimination.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has promised lawsuits against school districts over COVID-19 safety measures like masks and quarantine orders, saying they're unconstitutional. Now, the state treasurer says he won't sign off on money-saving bond deals unless the districts drop their protocols.
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The 2011 law was blocked because a judge said it could have made it harder to get an abortion in Kansas.
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The Missouri and Kansas attorneys general have a lot in common. Both are Republicans, both have filed high-profile lawsuits against mask mandates and vaccine requirements, and it seems both are interested in using their platforms to run for higher office.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt took several local governments and school districts to court over mask mandates during the summer. Now, taxpayers are footing the bill to defend them. Plus, could chestnuts be a way for small farmers in Missouri to turn a profit?
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A joint lawsuit from the City and County of St. Louis seeks to overturn the state's new Second Amendment sanctuary law. Jackson County lawmakers want to lend their support to the legal action.
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A Jackson County judge postponed a hearing in the lawsuit the Board of Police Commissioners has brought against the city to regain control of the money.
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Mayor Quinton Lucas addresses criticism of the city's plan to make $42 million of the department's budget available through contracts, and Missouri ranks as the worst state in the country for puppy mill conditions.
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The police board is going through the courts to stop the attempt by Mayor Lucas and the city council to refocus the use of $42 million of the department's authorized budget.