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One day after Governor Jay Nixon (D) made his State of the State Address, the annual State of the Judiciary Address was delivered to Missouri lawmakers…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 29, 2011 - This Thursday night, St. Louis' Community Cinema series takes us inside Hilltop…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 16, 2011 - The photo on the front page of last Friday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch - of 18 inmates…

The ribbon was cut today on a $68 million federal courthouse in Jefferson City, named for former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator Kit Bond (R). It…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 26, 2011 - In 1971, then President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs." This war has been…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 15, 2011 - The United States comprises approximately 5 percent of the world's population but…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 23, 2011 - (Reader Beth von Behren commented on a recent column in which I suggested that…

The Illinois Supreme Court calls it "absurd" to let inmates earn money in prison and then take it away to pay the cost of keeping them behind bars.The…

A law enforcement group is supporting legislation to address a backlog of jail inmates waiting to be transferred to crowded state psychiatric…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 24, 2011 - As it does on every workweek Monday, my alarm clock went off at 7 a.m. on Valentine's…