Amy Fite

Lamya Orr tries to greet a friend who is inside the Workhouse while standing outside the gate with his children and their mother.

ArchCity Defenders co-founder is on a new mission: to end cash bail

Jason Rosenbaum

Since Thomas Harvey helped start ArchCity Defenders in 2009, he has delivered legal representation to homeless and working poor people throughout St.…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri criminal code rewrite includes looser pot penalties and a new felony class

A comprehensive rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code will take effect Jan. 1. The overhaul stems from legislation passed in 2014 and marks the first…

Dozens of cannabis clones grow under high-intensity lights at BeLeaf's growing and processing facility in Earth City, Missouri.

Government, Politics & Issues

9 marijuana measures on ballot in U.S. Why not Missouri?

Efforts to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri failed to pass the state legislature last session or qualify for the ballot next week, but nine…

Missouri Supreme Court rules on public defender case

Maria Altman

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a judge should not have appointed a public defender to a client after the public defenders alerted the courts…