Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed sweeping legislation Wednesday making it a Class C misdemeanor for people experiencing homelessness to sleep on state-owned land.
Local governments can lose state or federal funding if they don’t enforce rules on unauthorized public camping, sleeping or obstructions of sidewalks. National organizations are urging HUD’s general counsel to weigh in on whether the measure violates federal policy and law.
Hundreds of homeless service providers and groups opposed now-signed legislation this spring, saying that it criminalizes people forced to sleep outside.
Missouri Lawyers Media took a long look back at this incredible year to not only identify those gladiators who marked big verdict and settlement wins for their clients in 2021, but those whose actions in and out of the courtroom have had or will have significant impact on the profession.
Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand Missouri’s Medicaid system. Joel Ferber, Chuck Hatfield and Lowell Pearson made sure it stuck.