The elections clerk in central Missouri’s Boone County is not updating voter rolls, blaming “confusion” over the state’s new congressional redistricting. County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat, said Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a Republican, must...
Missouri’s new congressional district map will be back before the State Supreme Court on Tuesday. The high court will hear three lawsuits, two of which center on arguments that the Missouri First map violates the requirement that congressional boundaries be “compact”...
A Western Missouri State Appeals Court panel has rewritten the summary for a ballot measure asking voters to decide Missouri’s new congressional district boundaries. Before Thursday’s ruling, the proposal asked Missouri voters if they approved of House Bill 1, which...
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the so-called “Missouri First” map is unconstitutional. The map, passed by Republican lawmakers in September and signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe, stretches the boundaries of the 5th Congressional District, a...
Two lawsuits are being jointly heard in a bench trial this week in Kansas City on whether Missouri’s new congressional map is unconstitutional. The “Missouri First” map redraws the 5th Congressional District to include a large swath of rural Missouri while dividing...
