Tag Archives: Missouri

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart of Missouri’s undead congressional map, ordering it be buried for the year and for voters to cast ballots in the districts they’ve used the past two election cycles. In a unanimous decision, the court said that state law …

Missouri’s congressional map is headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time this month after a federal appeals court ordered the state to use a Republican-drawn map in November, reversing course after the justices had already blocked its implementation. The latest emergency appeal, filed Tuesday by opponents …

The U.S. Supreme Court has again rejected an effort to use a congressional map backed by President Donald Trump in Missouri’s November elections, leaving the state’s previous congressional districts in place for now as a separate federal appeal moves forward. The latest Supreme Court action adds another twist to a …

Missouri Republican House candidate Thomas Christopher Ross has withdrawn from the November election after being charged with allegedly conspiring to plant cocaine and Adderall on his Republican primary opponent, setting up a rapid change in the race for House District 161. Ross, 37, of Joplin, formally withdrew his name from …

Missouri voters will decide in November whether to approve a Republican-backed congressional map after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that voters can challenge redistricting plans through referendum. The ruling suspends the 2025 map and orders Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to use the 2022 congressional districts for the …

Missouri House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a controversial congressional redistricting plan that would give the GOP control of seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats, part of a broader mid-decade push launched by President Donald Trump to cement his party’s narrow majority in Congress. The measure, which passed the …

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday called Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts, thrusting the state into a growing national battle over partisan gerrymandering ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Kehoe’s announcement came just hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, …

Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent Missourians will have the opportunity to vote to enshrine abortion in the state constitution this November, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a decision published less than three hours before the constitutional deadline to remove a question from the ballot, the Supreme Court reversed a …

Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent Abortion will be on Missouri’s statewide ballot in November. An initiative petition to enshrine the right to abortion up until the point of fetal viability received final approval Tuesday, securing a place on the general election ballot. If the measure receives a majority of votes, Missouri …

Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th This week Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri appointed Judge Ginger Gooch to the state Supreme Court, solidifying a 4-3 woman majority on the bench. Missouri is one 14 states where women hold most of the seats on the highest courts. The move comes …

Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner announced her resignation Thursday afternoon effective June 1, after brokering a deal to kill a bill that would allow a state takeover of the city prosecutor’s office. “An elected prosecutor is our city’s sole opportunity to have a say in …

Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th As state lawmakers weigh new restrictions on abortion, some Republicans are revisiting a longstanding taboo of not prosecuting pregnant people for seeking abortions in places where the procedure is banned, though the topic remains divisive among anti-abortion advocates. State restrictions have so far …

Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent A Missouri judge on Monday ruled staff in the attorney general’s office, while it was being run by now-U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, used private email accounts to “knowingly and purposefully” subvert the state’s open records law. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem determined the attorney general’s office …

Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent The League of Women Voters of Missouri and Missouri NAACP filed a lawsuit Monday attempting to block a wide-ranging elections bill they argue violates the right to core political speech by curtailing voter engagement. The lawsuit focuses on provisions of the law, which is set to …

A Republican state Representative in Missouri has proposed a measure that would make performing an abortion on a Missouri resident — or helping a Missouri resident get one — illegal. State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has attached amendments to a number of abortion bills currently being considered within the state …