BATON ROUGE, La. -- Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana -- including Caddo Parish -- were replaced Tuesday even as the question of whether they have ...

As the number of people held without an attorney balloons amid a work stoppage by court-appointed lawyers, the state’s public defender organization is asking the courts to begin a protocol that ...

Salt Lake County Democrats have chosen Jiro Johnson, a public defender, to represent District 1 on the County Council.

Clients and community members lose confidence in public defenders who are employed at the mercy of the very courts that seek to punish them.

Lawmakers negotiating Missouri budget add $300M to public schools spending By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent May 8, 2025 ...

Missouri lawmakers are on the clock to balance the state budget, but the two chambers cannot agree on public education funding.

A recently-released report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services that analyzed the digital health of the state’s public health system says the state’s public health system needs ...

The Missouri Senate will debate a state budget that adds large sums to public education, endorses Gov. Mike Kehoe’s longevity raise plan in full and sets up a showdown between two powerful ...

Several public safety measures on the ballot in Missouri KC-area cities, towns asking voters to approve funding for police, fire departments ...

As Missouri lawmakers debate the $47.9 billion state budget, they are also deciding how to spend an unexpectedly large chunk of cash from sales taxes collected from marijuana dispensaries.

David Spears, a former Missouri public defender employee, has been terminated from his position following public outcry over his past felony convictions. Spears was convicted in 2012 for his role ...

The secretary whose employment at the Missouri state public defender’s office nearly derailed the agency’s entire budget has been terminated, clearing away legislative opposition during a ...