Governor appoints 1st black woman to Missouri Supreme Court
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Republican Governor Mike Parson on Monday appointed Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to be the first Black woman to serve on the state Supreme Court. Ransom will replace Judge Laura Denvir Stith, who was the second woman appointed to the high court. Stith retired in March. Ransom marks a new first for the court as Missouri's only Black female Supreme Court judge.