by admin | Apr 29, 2011 | Politics / Govt
A congressional redistricting map has been sent to Governor Nixon. Now, legislators wait to see if he signs or vetoes it. After fits and starts in negotiations, the House and Senate finally resolved their issues and settled on a map. It reduces the number of...
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | News
State lawmakers, who couldn’t reach agreement on new Congressional districts during an overnight meeting last week, suddenly find a compromise. They have approved a redistricting map and sent it to Governor Nixon. A meeting between House and Senate negotiators...
by admin | Apr 24, 2011 | News
Even as the House and Senate struggle to reach agreement on a new map of congressional districts, questions remain about an oddity that is sure to stay. The 5th, the strangest looking congressional district of them all, is the least likely to change in negotiations...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Politics / Govt
Yet another attempt has been made to break the logjam that has kept the state legislature from approving new congressional districts. The House has attached a new, compromise redistricting map onto a separate Senate bill, SB 68. The action in the House comes hours...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Politics / Govt
Long hours spent at the Capitol and a looming deadline fail to break a deadlock between the House and Senate over congressional redistricting. Negotiators for the Senate and the House met shortly after 7pm Thursday in the House Lounge. At about 2:30am Friday, talks...
