Missouri Supreme Court

In a 38-page response to a complaint filed requesting that the Missouri Supreme Court suspend their law licenses, Mark and Patricia McCloskey say violent riots and protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis justified their actions.

The case resulted from a 2019 challenge to a state law that says local elected officials can’t spend public money to campaign for or against ballot measures or candidates.

Linda Dickerson-Bell said she believes Michael Politte, who has been imprisoned in Missouri for nearly 23 years, is innocent of the murder of his mother, Rita Politte.

The state of Missouri this week executed Ernest Johnson, 61, who was convicted of murdering three people in 1994. His attorneys argued he was ineligible for the death penalty because multiple IQ tests had shown he had the mental capacity of a child.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey made national headlines in June 2020 when they confronted a group of mostly Black protesters who entered their gated community en route to demonstrate in front of the nearby home of a former St. Louis mayor.

The state had argued it needed two months to begin accepting applications for the program approved by voters last year.

Last week's Missouri Supreme Court decision means that thousands of people who work but don't make enough money to afford health insurance could access medical care more often — and in different ways.

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The Missouri Supreme Court paves the way for Medicaid expansion by issuing a judgment in favor of a 2020 ballot initiative.

The unanimous decision means low income Missourians eligible via a 2020 ballot initiative can sign up for the health care program, even though the legislature didn’t fund it.

The state Supreme Court will decide whether a 2020 ballot item expanding Medicaid goes into effect — or is invalidated without legislative action.

Missouri Supreme Court judges will decide whether roughly 275,000 people will gain access to the health care program.