The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing two election-related lawsuits. First, the high court heard arguments Wednesday on the state’s photo identification requirement for voting. The law was passed in 2022 and replaces earlier versions of the state’s photo ID...
Missouri’s photo ID requirement for voting is still the law of the land. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem has rejected the latest lawsuit seeking to strike down Missouri’s photo ID requirement. The law passed in 2022 requires voters show a valid photo ID at the...
A trial over Missouri’s law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls is set to begin today. The lawsuit was filed by the NAACP and the League of Women Voters. It targets the state’s latest version of the photo ID requirement that became law last...
Attorney General Andrew Bailey loses Round One in the fight over efforts to make abortion legal again in Missouri. Cole County District Judge Jon Beetem ruled today that the attorney general failed to perform the duties of his office when he refused to approve the...
Missouri’s governor says the state will proceed with voter-approved Medicaid expansion, following a recent unanimous ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court and Tuesday’s ruling from Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Edward Beetem. The judge has ordered the...
