In two Friday decisions, Missouri judges block anti-union laws pushed by Republicans, Greitens [View all]

JEFFERSON CITY • In a double blow to Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature, two judges Friday blocked laws approved last year that opponents believe would have undermined public-sector unions.

In one ruling, Circuit Judge Joseph Walsh halted a so-called “paycheck protection” law from going into effect until a final judgment is entered in a lawsuit filed in August by public sector workers.

A second Cole County ruling put on hold a sweeping rewrite of the state’s hiring and firing practices, potentially jettisoning changes that were designed to allow for state workers to get merit raises.

The “paycheck protection” proposal, approved last year by the GOP-controlled House and Senate, was signed into law as one of the final acts of former Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned amid scandal last June 1.

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