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The Missouri Supreme Court is expected to decide the fate of a constitutional amendment expanding Medicaid.

The least surprising lawsuit of the year, to force Missouri to provide Medicaid coverage to 275,000 people eligible under a 2020 initiative petition, was filed Thursday in Cole County.

The Cole County circuit judge chose the date of June 18 for the first hearing in a lawsuit that aims to force Missouri to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. On Wednesday morning, Circuit Judge Jon Beetem met in a conference call with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office and attorneys for the three people suing for coverage. In an online notation with the case, Beetem ordered a “hearing on Stipulated Facts.” That means that there is no dispute about what is happening. Instead, it is a dispute about how the law should be applied. “Both sides will make their case to the judge and the judge will i...

Judge rules against law weakening unions By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge said the state unconstitutionally used a 2018 law to ignore union-negotiated protections for public employees and make unions “impotent.” Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem ruled state departments wrongly cited the law to negate union-negotiated protections against unfair firings and discipline. The law, proposed by Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe during his time as a state sena...

Missourinet A jury in mid-Missouri’s Cole County deliberated for more than two hours on Thursday, before returning guilty verdicts against a northern Missouri man charged in the 2018 death of his secret fiance. A Court TV satellite truck is parked outside the Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City on April 25, 2021 (photo of Missourinet’s Alisa Nelson) 54-year-old James Addie has been convicted of first degree murder and armed criminal action for the April 2018 death of Molly Watson, his...

Court TV is in Jefferson City for live coverage of high-profile rural Missouri murder trial A Court TV satellite truck is parked outside the Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City on April 25, 2021 (photo courtesy of Missourinet’s Alisa Nelson) Addie and the victim, Molly Watson, both worked at the Moberly Correctional Center (MCC). The case has been moved from northeast Missouri’s Monroe County to Jefferson City, on a change of venue. The jury has been selected from Cole County, and Cole...

Appeal filed in lawsuit over Eric Greitens’ use of self-destructing text message app By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent A lawsuit alleging former Gov. Eric Greitens illegally destroyed public records during his time in office by using a self-destructing text messaging app is on its way to Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals.  The appeal, filed last week by Mark Pedroli of the Sunshine and Government Accountability Project, is the latest twist in a lawsuit that’s been ongoin...

Cole County leaders working to increase coronavirus vaccinations Cole County courthouse in Jefferson City JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole Countys Presiding Commissioner says he and other county leaders are working to increase coronavirus vaccinations across the county. "COVID-19 is still our main concern right now. The vaccine is sort of our light at the end of the tunnel -- but we need to get more vaccine and vaccinate more people," Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman said Tuesday after the com...

Missourinet You are here: Home Monday’s inauguration in Jefferson City kicks off celebration of 200 years of Missouri history About 2,000 people are expected to attend Monday’s inauguration ceremonies at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. The festivities will help kick off the historic celebration of 200 years of Missouri history. Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson attend a legislative prayer service in Jefferson City on January 6, 2021 (photo courtesy of the go...