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The Missouri Supreme Court has taken the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and ordered that the issue go back before voters in November.

The extraordinary decision found that Missouri voters were misled by statewide officials when they approved the measure. It calls for a new election to be held in November.

Missouri Supreme Court ruled 2022 ballot raising Kansas City budget for police department misled voters after Mayor Quinton Lucas sued state

Colorado lawmakers advanced two bills aimed at providing funding for passenger rail and to economic incentives for communities adversely impacted by the closure of coal power plants.

The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) continually monitors and acts on threatening state non-physician practitioners scope of practice expansion legislation. The College compiled an update of scope legislation and the results so far in state legislative sessions.

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A Tennessee bill that would designate vaccine-containing foods as drugs is being misleadingly characterized online. "Ten

A controversial bill that would allow safe injection sites for drug users is advancing through the legislature, but a possible veto from Governor Polis could derail the proposal once again.

The Hon. Paul W. Grimm (ret.) has written about the organized Bar’s duty to support the judiciary from unwarranted attacks.  OpEd: Legal Profession Must ‘Speak Out’ Against Unfair...

As some states hit the halfway point of their legislative cycles, lawmakers in others are busy introducing legislation that ranges in topics from scope of practice to prior authorization.