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A measure to reinstate limits on lawsuit awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's desk three years after the state Supreme…Click to Continue »

A judge's surprise acquittal of an off-duty Chicago police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed woman called into question prosecutors' decision not to charge the man with murder,Click to Continue »

The University of Missouri has evacuated its Student Center and Memorial Union after reports of a bomb threat.Click to Continue »

A federal lawsuit filed against the Chicago Police Department contends officers have routinely violated the constitutional rights of minority residents who have not committed any crime.Click to Continue »

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that would restore $26 million in social services and public health grants recently suspended by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.Click to Continue »

Missouri would regulate and license the growing of industrial hemp as a raw material for manufacturing under a measure supporters say is an economic development measure.Click to Continue »

A state board has given its approval for a southern Illinois hospital to move from downtown Belleville to O'Fallon.Click to Continue »

Legislation extending Illinois' medical marijuana program beyond 2017 has passed the Illinois House despite some recent opposition from Gov. Bruce Rauner.Click to Continue »

Legislation privatizing the state's economic development agency and making the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum a stand-alone agency is being considered in Springfield.Click to Continue »

A state appellate court panel has ordered a Peoria judge to review whether a man was fit to stand trial for the killing of a woman in 2010.Click to Continue »