Attorney General Bailey Defeats Jean Peters Baker’s Efforts to Target Unborn Children
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has obtained a major court victory in defense of Missouri’s unborn children. After Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker sued the Attorney General to dismantle all of...
Attorney General Bailey Sues Branson-Based Timeshare Exit Company For Violations of Consumer Protection Laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against a Branson, Missouri-based company and its two owners for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act in selling timeshare exit services to consumers across the country. RSI, LLC,...
Attorney General Bailey Sues Wentzville School Board for Unlawfully Concealing Transgender Bathroom Policy in Closed Meetings
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Wentzville School District’s Board of Education for concealing a transgender student bathroom usage policy in direct violation of Missouri’s Open Meetings Law. After one Wentzville...
Attorney General Bailey Sues Missouri Provider for Giving Puberty Blockers to Minors without Mental Health Assessment
On Friday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Southampton Community Healthcare, Inc., for providing gender transition interventions, such as puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, to minors without a comprehensive mental health assessment, as...
Attorney General Bailey Leads Multistate Coalition Protecting Children from Gender Mutilation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief supporting Arkansas’ law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for minors. The brief asks the Eighth Circuit to hold an en banc...
Attorney General Bailey Announces $35 Million Settlement with Leasing Company Tempoe, LLC
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The investigation revealed that...
Attorney General Bailey Wins Default Judgment Against Phelps County Pool Company
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office obtained a default judgment against Zechariah Hockersmith, and ProCare Pools, LLC, of Phelps County for falsely promising to provide pool installation and maintenance...
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit Against Dollar General for Deceptive Pricing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Dollar General for deceptive and unfair pricing in its more than 600 retail stores throughout the state. The lawsuit asserts that Dollar General violated Missouri’s consumer...
Attorney General Bailey Announces Deputy Attorney General Kelly King
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he has recruited Kelly King to serve as Deputy Attorney General. In this role, King will oversee the day-to-day management of Missouri’s law firm and serve as a senior adviser to...
Attorney General Bailey Launches Investigation into Liberty Safe After Release of Customer’s Gun Safe Codes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey launched an investigation into Liberty Safe’s policies regarding the release of customer safe codes to third parties. This investigation comes on the heels of Liberty Safe providing the Federal...
Fifth Circuit Sides with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Blocks White House and FBI From Censoring Speech
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld his free speech case, Missouri v. Biden, by enjoining the White House, Surgeon General, FBI, and CDC from continuing to...
AG Bailey Assists Henry County Prosecutor in Obtaining Life Without Parole Sentence for Murder of Police Officer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office assisted the Henry County Prosecuting Attorney in obtaining a first-degree murder conviction against Ian McCarthy in connection with the 2017 murder of Clinton Police Officer...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 17 States Protecting Children from Lewd and Obscene Behavior
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined an 18-state coalition in filing an amicus brief supporting Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA), which protects minors from lewd and obscene behavior. A district court incorrectly ruled against...
Attorney General Bailey Sounds Alarm on SHEIN Business Practices
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 16 states in sounding the alarm on the China-founded, fast-fashion retailer, SHEIN’s business practices – which includes reports of forced labor – and their potential Initial Public...
Attorney General Bailey Urges Congress to Study the Risk of Artificial Intelligence and Child Exploitation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a bipartisan 54-state and territory coalition urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to exploit children through child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). The states...
Attorney General Bailey Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Jury Religious Discrimination Case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed a petition asking the United States Supreme Court to hear a landmark case to support the fundamental freedom of religious liberty, Missouri Department of Corrections v....
Attorney General Bailey Charges Contractor for Fraud in Greene County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed charges against Richard B. Gillette, 51, for allegedly defrauding consumers in connection with his business, Premiere Exterior Solutions. Gillette faces one count of...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Maximum Sentence for Statutory Rape Conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained the maximum possible sentence available under the law for Robert Lee Sims Jr. of Madison, Missouri, for sexually abusing and exploiting a minor over several years....
Attorney General Bailey Puts Missouri Providers on Notice to Cease Experimental Treatment of Minors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - After Senate Bill 49 took effect today following a massive legal win by his office last week, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to providers across the state warning them to immediately cease experimental treatment on...
Attorney General Bailey Successfully Defends State Law Banning Child Mutilation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released the following statement after his office successfully defended Senate Bill 49: "Missouri is the first state in the nation to successfully defend at the trial court level a law barring child...
Attorney General Bailey Urges Congress to Protect Hunter Education, Archery, Firearm Safety Programs in Public Schools
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a coalition of 24 states in urging Congress to enact the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act. This bill would protect funding for school archery, hunting,...
Attorney General Bailey Puts Mayor Jones on Notice After Her Announcement to Target Gun Rights
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey put St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura Jones on notice that her office‘s proposed legislation would violate Missourians’ constitutional right to keep and bear arms. In his letter, Attorney General Bailey...
AG’s Office Assists Boone County Prosecutor in Obtaining Second Degree Murder Conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office assisted the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office in obtaining a second-degree murder conviction against Samuel Brotherton in connection to the shooting death of his stepfather...
Attorney General Bailey, Agriculture Groups Invite John Kerry to Missouri to Learn about Agriculture
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined forces with statewide agriculture groups to invite Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to Missouri after his recent comments demanding the United States...
Attorney General Bailey Applauds S&P’s Announcement to Halt Use of ESG
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that last week, in a win for all Americans, S&P Global Ratings shared that it would no longer publish new ESG credit indicators or update outstanding ESG credit indicators. Environmental,...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 20 States in Opposing EPA’s Attack on Power Plants
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a 21-state coalition opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule that would impose stringent emissions standards on existing coal-, natural gas-...
AG’s Office Assists Franklin County Prosecutor in Obtaining Conviction for 1987 Murder
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office’s Cold Case Unit assisted the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney in obtaining a second-degree murder conviction in connection to the long-unsolved death of Karla Delcour in...
Attorney General Bailey Files Additional Charges in Shooting of Hermann Police Officers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed additional charges against Kenneth Lee Simpson, 35, of St. Louis County, in connection with the shooting and killing of Hermann Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith and...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator in Platte County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) unit successfully committed James Brandis to the Missouri Department of Mental Health after a Platte County jury found he met the criteria as a...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Consumers About HVAC Scams Amidst Heat Advisory
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today warned consumers of scammers who may take advantage of the summer heat. With temperatures in the high 90’s, air conditioners malfunction, causing an uptick in the need for home repairs. Scammers will...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator in St. Charles County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) unit successfully committed Paul Witte of St. Charles County to Missouri’s Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services. The SVP Unit seeks...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 24 States in Opposing President Biden’s Attack on Gas-Powered Vehicles
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a 25 state coalition in challenging the Biden Administration’s proposed plan to forcibly phase out gas-powered vehicles and restructure the automobile industry around electric vehicles (EVs) at a...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Fortune 100 Companies to Cease Use of Racially Discriminatory Policies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a coalition of 13 states in warning Fortune 100 companies to immediately cease the use of racially discriminatory hiring practices. To ensure compliance with the...
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit Against Tax Preparation Companies for Unlawfully Sharing Taxpayers’ Personal Information with Big Tech
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against tax preparation companies H&R Block, Taxslayer LLC, and TaxAct, Inc. for illegally sharing the sensitive data of Missouri taxpayers with Meta, Google and other Big Tech...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Target that Woke Merchandise May Violate Child Protection Laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 7 states expressing legal concern that Target’s extremist “LGBTQIA+ Pride” campaign is damaging states’ efforts to safeguard citizens. In a letter, Attorney General Bailey and the...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Obtains Court Order Blocking the Biden Administration from Violating First Amendment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted his motion to block top officials in the federal government from continuing to violate the First Amendment...
Attorney General Bailey Lands Two Court Victories in Efforts to Protect Unborn Children
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has obtained two major court victories in defense of Missouri's unborn children. First, his office obtained a preliminary injunction against the City of St. Louis preventing...
SCOTUS Sides with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in Challenge Against Biden’s Unconstitutional Student Loan Plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that the United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of his office in its challenge to the Biden Administration’s unilateral and unlawful wealth transfer of hundreds of billions of...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Universities and Municipalities About Illegal Affirmative Action Policies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - On the heels of the United States Supreme Court issuing two decisions declaring affirmative action policies unconstitutional, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to dozens of universities and municipalities across the state...
Attorney General Bailey Wins Default Judgment Against St. Louis County Contractor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has obtained a default judgment against John G. Adams and his company, A-1 Construction General Contractor, LLC, for falsely promising to provide home renovation and repair...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Missouri Farmers And Ranchers of Hay Scams
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn warn Missouri farmers and ranchers about hay scammers. Attorney General Bailey and Director Chinn want to help Missouri farmers and ranchers avoid...
Attorney General Bailey Hosts Dobbs Donation Drive to Support Women and Children Across the Nation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, in cooperation with Her PLAN, Heartbeat International, and eight of his fellow attorneys general, hosted a multi-state donation drive to...
Attorney General Bailey Warns of Taylor Swift Ticket Scams Before Kansas City Concert
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey warns concert goers to be wary of any suspicious ticket offerings and to take steps to protect themselves ahead of Taylor Swift’s tour arriving in Kansas City, Missouri in the coming weeks. Taylor Swift...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 23 States in Opposing California’s Defacto Handgun Ban
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined 23 other states in challenging California’s “Unsafe Handgun Act.” The amicus brief supports the California Rifle & Pistol Association’s challenge to the California...
Attorney General Bailey Charges Contractor for Fraud in Howard and Cooper Counties
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed charges against Bobby L. Justice, 56, for allegedly defrauding consumers in connection with his business, Bobby’s Mobile Transport. Justice faces two counts of...
Attorney General Bailey Challenges California Truck Ban
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a coalition of 19 states in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) decision to allow California to illegally ban existing tractor-trailers and...
Attorney General Bailey Moves for Removal of Iron County Sheriff
Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a suit of quo warranto to remove Iron County Sheriff Jeffery Burkett from office. “As Attorney General, I will always work to hold accountable those who refuse to do their job as required by Missouri statute,” said...
Attorney General’s Office Praises Law Enforcement, Community Leaders in SAFE Kit Initiative Awards Ceremony
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office awarded SAFE Kit Initiative Service Awards to area law enforcement agencies and community partners for their dedication towards the eradication of untested sexual assault...
Attorney General Bailey Urges U.S. Senate To Pass Legislation To Crack Down On Fentanyl Crisis
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 22 other states in urging U.S. Senate leadership to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act. The legislation would permanently schedule all current and future fentanyl analogues as Schedule I drugs, giving law...
Attorney General Bailey Announces $102.5 Million Settlement with Opioid Treatment Drug Maker
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office and 41 other states have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with Indivior Inc., the maker of opioid use disorder treatment drug Suboxone. Missouri will receive...
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit Against Biden Administration’s Unlawful Open-Border Policies
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined an 18 state coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration for its proposed new “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule which fails to mitigate the en masse illegal immigration occurring...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 47 States in Suing Avid Telecom for National Robocall Violation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 48 states in filing suit against Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey Reeves, for sending more than 7.5 billion calls to telephone numbers on the...
Eighth Circuit Grants Attorney General Bailey’s Request to Halt Biden’s Burdensome Ozone Restrictions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted his motion to stay President Biden’s unlawful attempt to impose burdensome regulations that would hike the price of...
Attorney General Bailey Leads 16 States in Opposing Springfield School District’s Unconstitutional DEI Trainings
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of two employees who sued Springfield Public Schools (SPS) for...
Attorney General Bailey Opposes Biden’s Efforts to Unconstitutionally Raise the Debt Ceiling
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in opposing President Biden’s attempt to unilaterally expand executive power to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. This letter comes...
Attorney General Bailey Urges Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to Protect Minors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, urging the Board members to abide by their constitutional duty to enforce recently passed legislation to protect children from...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains First Degree Murder Conviction in Reynolds County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has obtained a conviction against Jason Wayne Baker in connection with the murder of Chelsea Conway, the mother of his two children. On Father’s Day, June 20, 2021, Baker...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 18 State Coalition Opposing Biden’s Attempt to Restrict Refrigerators
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration’s proposed standards which would regulate the types of refrigerators,...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Boone County Murder Conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has obtained a conviction, in connection with a Boone County murder case, against Fabian Goldman. On June 10, 2020, Goldman and an accomplice...
Attorney General Bailey Moves for Emergency Relief at Southern Border
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 12 other states moved for emergency relief from the Biden Administration’s unlawful attempt to further open the southern border. This week, not only did...
Attorney General Bailey Files Brief to Defend Ohio’s Heartbeat Act
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the unborn, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 18 states in filing an amicus brief urging the Ohio Supreme Court to reject the legal challenge to Ohio’s Heartbeat Act, which prevents performing...
Attorney General Bailey Releases Statement on Kim Gardner’s Resignation
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released the following statement after the resignation of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner: "There is absolutely no reason for the Circuit Attorney to remain in office until June 1. We remain undeterred with our legal quest to...
Attorney General Bailey Files Multistate Amicus Brief Defending Colorado Cake Maker’s Religious Liberties
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 22 states in filing an amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court, arguing that the First Amendment protects Jack Phillips and his business,...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Statutory Rape Convictions Against Morgan County Man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office obtained twelve felony convictions against Gilbert Silvey, Jr. for sexually abusing his step-daughter over many years. Silvey faces up to...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Franklin County Rape Conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office obtained a conviction in Franklin County against John Swearinger for rape in the first degree. The jury recommended a prison sentence of...
Attorney General Bailey Files Amicus Brief Supporting States’ Ability to Remove Prosecutors Who Fail to Enforce Laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm states’ authority to remove local prosecutors...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Judgment Against Laclede County Car Dealership
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has obtained a judgment for $27,000 against Var-iety Auto’s, LLC, a defunct car dealership formerly of Lebanon, Missouri. Attorney General Bailey...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Recaps First 100 Days in Office
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey recapped his first 100 days in office. He was sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General on January 3, 2023. “When sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General, I committed to protecting the...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Promulgates Emergency Regulation Targeting Gender Transition Procedures for Minors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey promulgated an emergency regulation clarifying that, because gender transition interventions are experimental and have significant side effects, state law already prohibits...
Federal Court Grants Attorney General Bailey’s Request to Halt WOTUS Rule
In a major win for Missouri famers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota has granted his motion for preliminary injunction halting President Biden’s unconstitutional Waters of...
AG’s Office Assists Warren County Prosecutor in Obtaining First Degree Murder Convictions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has assisted in obtaining nine felony convictions against Shawn Kavanagh in connection with multiple murders. Kavanagh was sentenced to...
Attorney General Bailey Files Brief Urging Court to Defend the Unborn
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the unborn, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed an amicus brief with 18 other states supporting Florida’s House Bill 5, which prohibits abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation, with exceptions for life, health, and...
Attorney General Bailey Files Amicus Brief Defending Women’s Sports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 22 other states in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit supporting the rights given by Title IX for...
Attorney General Bailey Successfully Defends Warren County Child Pornography Conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office successfully defended the conviction of Stephen C. Ingram for the possession of more than 20 still images...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 21 State Coalition Opposing Biden’s Attack on Gas Stoves
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration’s proposed standards for conventional cooking products that would regulate...
Attorney General Bailey Successfully Defends 159 Year Sentence
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office successfully defended the convictions of Bryan S. Jones at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern...
Attorney General Bailey Warns Asset Managers Over ESG Investments as Proxy Season Begins
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 20 other state attorneys general warned more than 50 of the nation’s largest asset managers about Environmental, Social, and...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Thirteen Convictions of Pemiscot County Man for Sexually Abusing Two Minors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office obtained thirteen felony convictions against 43 year old Frank Parry of Steele, Missouri, for sexually...
Attorney General Bailey Announces Concrete Contractor Charged for Fraud and Theft in Franklin County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has filed twelve felony counts of Deceptive Business Practice, Stealing by Deceit and Financial Exploitation of the Elderly against Daniel...
Attorney General Bailey Leads Effort to Block Biden’s Rule Deeming Single Sex Dorms Unconstitutional
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to defend Missourians’ right to religious liberty, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 19 states in filing an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court supporting the College of the Ozarks in their suit...
Attorney General Bailey Secures Thirty-Three Year Sentence in Shooting Death of Juvenile
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office secured a 33-year prison sentence in the deadly shooting of a twelve year old child. “I will always...
Attorney General Bailey Pushes Back on Biden’s Attempt to Rescind Protection for Student Religious Groups
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to defend Missourians’ religious liberty, Attorney General Bailey and 21 other states directed a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging his department to retain a provision that compels public universities to...
Attorney General Bailey Warns of Tax Scams Before Filing Deadline
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers as tax season quickly approaches, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey warns Missourians to be aware of scammers and to take steps to protect themselves from anyone attempting to get their personal...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Statutory Rape Conviction of Monroe County Man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained seven felony convictions against 56 year old Robert Lee Sims, Jr. of Madison, Missouri, for sexually...
Attorney General Bailey Launches Tip Line for Reports of Questionable Gender Transition Interventions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has launched an online form where those who have experienced harm from gender transition interventions or witnessed troubling practices at...
Attorney General Bailey Successfully Defends Missouri Agriculture at Missouri Supreme Court
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect farmers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office successfully defended SB 391, which prevents stringent standards from being imposed on concentrated animal feeding operations, at the...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Files Amended Petition in Quo Warranto Against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the people of the City of St. Louis, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today filed his amended petition in quo warranto against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after additional evidence has come to light. Over the past...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Announces Emergency Regulation on Gender Transition Interventions for Minors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect children and enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office is issuing an emergency regulation clarifying that, because gender transition interventions are...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Consent Judgment in Dallas County Dog Breeder Case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office obtained a consent judgment in a case against the business owner of Puppy Love Kennel, Corey Mincey, for violating Missouri’s...
Attorney General Bailey Files Amicus Briefs Against Unconstitutional New York Law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to defend the Second Amendment, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 18 other state attorneys general filed amicus briefs in federal court supporting Americans’ right to keep and bear arms and the right of places of worship to...
Missouri Eastern Court of Appeals Sides with Attorney General Bailey, Upholds Second-Degree Murder Conviction
Jefferson City, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District upheld the conviction of Michael A. Black for the shooting and...
Attorney General Bailey Secures First-Degree Murder Conviction, Armed Criminal Action Conviction in Road Rage Killing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office secured a guilty verdict against Daymond Reeves for the 2020 murder of Allan Brewer. Reeves was sentenced...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 46 State Coalition Asking Court to Order TikTok to Comply with Investigation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 45 states and the District of Columbia in asking a state court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Warren County Conviction for Stealing and Deceptive Business Practices
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that Daniel Cahill pled guilty in Warren County Circuit Court to the Class E Felony of Deceptive Business Practice and the Class D Felony of Stealing Over $750....
Attorney General Bailey Shuts Down Texas Robocallers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect Missouri consumers and enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Bailey joined a coalition of seven states in shutting down a massive robocaller operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business...
Attorney General Bailey Charges St. Joseph Contractor for Taking Money from a Missouri Homeowner
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office filed a criminal complaint against Curtis Lee Domann, for allegedly taking money from a homeowner in Platte County, Missouri to perform home...
Attorney General Bailey Files Lawsuit Against Contractor in St. Louis County for Unlawful Business Practices
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed a civil action against William J. Raymond for unlawful business practices. “As Attorney General, I want to enforce the laws as...
Attorney General Bailey Files Brief to Protect Religious Liberty, Free Speech Rights of Louisville Wedding Photographer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the Constitution and the guarantee of individual liberties it provides, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 21 states in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Asks Court To Block Biden From Violating Americans’ 1st Amendment Rights, Citing 1,400 Facts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In order to protect the constitutional liberties of all Americans, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed their motion for a preliminary injunction in their landmark free speech lawsuit, Missouri...
Attorney General Andrew Bailey Announces 2022 Top 10 Consumer Complaints
EFFERSON CITY, MO – In an effort to inform and protect consumers during National Consumer Protection Week, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today the top ten consumer complaints received by his office in 2022. As a whole, the Missouri Attorney...
Attorney General Andrew Bailey Charges Greene County Contractor for Fraud
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office filed charges against Glenn M. Jessen, 53, for allegedly defrauding twenty-four consumers in connection with his businesses, Midwest...
Attorney General Bailey Warns More Major Pharmacies about Abortion Pill Distribution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In an effort to protect women and children and enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in directing more letters to five major pharmacies warning them that distribution of...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Challenges Student Loan Repayment Plan At SCOTUS
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect the Constitution and defend Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the United States Supreme Court heard his challenge to the Biden administration’s unilateral and unlawful discharge of...
Attorney General Andrew Bailey Moves For Removal of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
EFFERSON CITY, MO. – In an effort to protect the people of St. Louis, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a suit (quo warranto) to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner from office. “As Attorney General, I want to protect the people of St....
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Files Suit Against Biden Administration’s Overreaching WOTUS Rule
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit with 23 other attorneys general against the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule that attempts to unconstitutionally...
Attorney General Andrew Bailey Demands St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner Resign Or Face Removal
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – In an effort to protect the people of St. Louis, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is demanding the resignation of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner by noon on February 23, or face immediate removal proceedings in the form of a...
Attorney General Bailey Requests Execution Date for Brian Dorsey
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Brian Dorsey. Two days before Christmas in 2006, Dorsey’s...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Decries FBI Memo as Religious Attack on Catholics
Feb 20, 2023, 11:21 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to protect Missourians’ religious freedoms, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other attorneys general directed a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Files Suit to Defend Second Amendment
Feb 17, 2023, 09:48 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to defend the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that he filed suit with a coalition of 25 attorneys general against the Biden Administration’s U.S. Attorney...
Attorney General Bailey’s Statement on Transgender Clinic’s Refusal to Implement Moratorium on Puberty Blockers for Children
Feb 17, 2023, 18:57 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect children across the state, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today issued the following statement after the pediatric transgender center in St. Louis refused to implement a...
Attorney General Bailey Files Amicus Brief to Block the VA from Providing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
Feb 15, 2023, 13:41 PM by AG Bailey In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed an amicus brief with 17 other attorneys general supporting an injunction against a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) rule that forces...
Attorney General Bailey Announces Multiple Convictions Against Blake Mahoney in Audrain and Boone Counties for Consumer Fraud
Feb 14, 2023, 09:32 AM by AG Bailey Jefferson City, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained convictions against Blake Mahoney for Financial Exploitation of the...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Joins Move to Block FDA’s Unlawful Rule Allowing for Abortion Pills in the Mail
Feb 13, 2023, 11:10 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect women and children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed an amicus brief in a highly watched lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration for...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Calls for Moratorium on Puberty Blockers for Children Pending Investigation of Whistleblower Accusations
Feb 10, 2023, 15:27 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to protect children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to Trish Lollo, President of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Andrew Martin, Chancellor of Washington University...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Confirms Launch of Multi-Agency Investigation into St. Louis Transgender Center for Harming Hundreds of Children
Feb 9, 2023, 15:03 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Now that the whistleblower has gone public with her allegations about the Pediatric Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey confirms that two weeks ago the...
Attorney General Bailey Joins 24 States in Urging Yelp Not to Discriminate Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Feb 8, 2023, 13:37 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 24 attorneys general in sending a letter to Yelp opposing the company's practice of discriminating against pro-life...
Attorney General Bailey Assists Ripley County Prosecuting Attorney and Obtains Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction
Feb 7, 2023, 17:33 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to support the counties and enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained convictions against Danisha Price of Ripley County for involuntary...
Attorney General Bailey Recaps First Month in Office
Feb 3, 2023, 11:08 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey recapped his first month in office. He was sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General on January 3, 2023. “When sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General, I...
Attorney General Bailey Directs Letter to CVS and Walgreens Over Distribution of Abortion Pills
Feb 1, 2023, 08:14 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to uphold the laws as written and defend the welfare of women and unborn children, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 20 state attorneys general to CVS and Walgreens...
Attorney General Bailey Demands Missouri Schools Adopt Resolution Prohibiting Drag Shows for Schoolchildren
Jan 31, 2023, 15:39 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect children throughout the state, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to Missouri School Board Association (MSBA) Executive Director...
Attorney General Bailey Sends Letter Urging the EPA to Ease Red Tape Around Ethanol Fuel
Jan 30, 2023, 15:15 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and six other attorneys general sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and...
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit Over Labor Department’s New ESG Rule
Jan 26, 2023, 16:58 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 24 other state attorneys general filed suit over a Department of Labor rule that would allow 401(k) managers to direct...
Attorney General Bailey Sues Biden Administration to Halt Unlawful New Immigration Program
Jan 25, 2023, 16:12 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other state attorneys general filed suit against the Biden Administration over a new Department of Homeland Security...
Attorney General Bailey Challenges ESG Investment Practices of Proxy Financial Advisory Companies ISS, Glass Lewis
Jan 24, 2023, 10:09 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in firing off a letter to two proxy advisory companies, International...
Attorney General Bailey Directs Letter to CPS and the City of Columbia for Taking Schoolchildren to Drag Queen Show
Jan 20, 2023, 16:41 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In an effort to protect children throughout the state, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools, Brian Yearwood, and Mayor of the City of Columbia,...
Attorney General Bailey Condemns FDA’s “Illegal and Dangerous” Decision to Abandon Safety Regulations on Abortion-Inducing Drugs
Jan 19, 2023, 08:04 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In an effort to protect the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in sending a letter to the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration,...
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Consent Judgment In Timeshare Exit Case
Jan 12, 2023, 09:45 AM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- In a major win for consumers, Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his Office has obtained a consent judgment against Vacation Consulting Services, LLC; VCS Communications, LLC; The Transfer...
Missouri Attorney General Releases More Documents Exposing White House’s Social Media Censorship Scheme
Jan 9, 2023, 17:26 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In order to protect the constitutional liberties of all Americans, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey continues to pursue litigation in Missouri v. Biden, a civil case demonstrating that top officials in...
Attorney General Bailey Announces Deputy AG for Policy Maddie McMillian Green
Jan 9, 2023, 12:43 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he has recruited Maddie McMillian Green to serve as Deputy Attorney General for Policy. In this role, Green will handle policy, legislation, and...
Andrew Bailey Sworn In as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General
Jan 9, 2023, 12:37 PM by AG Bailey JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Andrew Bailey was sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General today in a ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. During his remarks, he outlined his goals for the Office, emphasizing his commitment to...