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Missouri Law News

Missouri senator wants texting-while-driving law to be secondary offense
A proposed compromise to expand Missouri’s texting-while-driving law appears to have fallen flat in a Senate committee.

Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsMissouri Supreme Court declines redistricting case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday declined to strike down new state legislative districts, and suggested opponents of new state House districts take up their fight before a trial judge.

Missouri legislature looks at discrimination standards
(AP) -- The Missouri Senate has taken up a proposal to change the legal standard for proving workplace discrimination and to limit the amount of damages victims could recover in lawsuits.