W. Brent Powell, who now lives in Kansas City, will replace current Chief Justice Mary R. Russell. Powell was appointed to ...

The Supreme Court of Missouri has a new chief justice. Judge W. Brent Powell was elected to a two-year term leading the state ...

In 2008, then-Governor Matt Blunt appointed Powell as a circuit judge in Jackson County and in 2017, then-Governor Eric ...

Missouri is one of only two states in which judges can unilaterally impose the death penalty when a jury deadlocks on capital ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement that "today's decision from the Missouri Supreme Court is a win for women and children and sends a clear message — abortion providers ...

A Jackson County circuit court judge will need to reevaluate her orders to halt multiple abortion laws, the state’s high court rules. Missouri Supreme Court upends orders that allowed abortions ...

The Missouri Supreme Court opened the door to abortions being halted again. The decision on Tuesday is part of a tumultuous legal saga. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 72°F.

The Missouri Supreme Court has temporarily blocked access to abortion in the state, despite a new amendment to the State Constitution, passed by voters, that ensures such access.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state's strict abortion ban, once again putting the ban in place at least for now.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election results of a November vote that raised the state’s minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick leave to workers, even as state lawmakers push ...

W. Brent Powell will be Missouri's next Supreme Court chief justice, according to a Missouri Courts press release.

Powell has been a Missouri Supreme Court Judge since 2017 when he was appointed by then-Governor Eric Greitens. He attended ...