Missouri Attorney General

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation directing $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help people cover the logistical cost of accessing abortion. Attorney General Eric Schmitt says the proposal violates a state law banning the use of public funds to assist with abortions.

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general — including in Missouri — have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

Stephen Limbaugh wrote that Schmitt had no jurisdiction over a ‘novel complaint’ filed in April 2020. Schmitt quickly filed an appeal.

Circuit Judge Josh Devine said Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's anti-mask case against Columbia Public Schools was moot. The Lee’s Summit School District continues to pursue a counterclaim against against Schmitt.

Eric Schmitt’s investigation appears to stem from a request his office received from a Georgia-based conservative nonprofit, which has recently turned its focus to Missouri schools. Park Hill and Lee's Summit are among the school districts facing subpoenas.

The state of Missouri is defending itself with an argument that could deliver "fatal blows" to the Sunshine Law: As long as officials don’t bother to keep records in the first place, they can’t be held responsible for refusing to turn them over to the public.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office argues that even though private emails pertained to public business, they were not public records.

Eric Schmitt's latest round of lawsuits would target districts that have mask policies triggered by the number of students who are ill or by the prevalence of cases in their communities.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dropped all but three of his 47 lawsuits against school districts. The Lee’s Summit district, arguing he overstepped the limits of his authority, filed a counterclaim against him.

A conservative in the Missouri Senate decried the "death of fiscal conservatism" while a Democrat hailed the "most progressive budget" ever. The spending plan for the year that begins July 1 has big differences from the House version, with major items for negotiations to come.

Appropriations Vice Chairman Lincoln Hough says he’s upset that Attorney General Eric Schmitt "continues to sue most of the citizens of this state." Since November, Schmitt has sued at least 45 school districts — as well as Kansas City and Jackson County — over their local health orders.

Just days after a judge dismissed similar charges, Eric Schmitt is pursuing a criminal case against three men involved in the fatal sinking of a Ride the Ducks boat on Table Rock Lake in 2018.