By Cameron Montemayor. Published November 13, 2025 10:38 am ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Residents will have the chance to support a local food bank and let their voices be heard in Jefferson City as part of a dual food drive-signature gathering event this Saturday at the Rolling Hills Library. A coalition of local justice groups, including […]
By Kacen Bayless November 13, 2025 4:40 PM A trial over the fate of more than 92,000 signatures to strike down Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map was delayed for the second time in two weeks on Thursday. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green was scheduled to hold a one-day bench trial over whether Republican Secretary
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By Jen Rice | November 12, 2025 President Donald Trump’s congressional gerrymander sailed through the Missouri legislature in September, but the GOP plan to flip one of the state’s eight districts is far from a done deal. A state court held a trial Wednesday on the question of whether the Missouri Constitution prohibits mid-decade redistricting after a group
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by Kacen Bayless November 10, 2025 As thousands of Missourians sign onto a campaign to strike down the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, a mysterious consulting contract appears to signal a targeted effort to halt the vote. A copy of the 13-page contract, obtained by The Star, offered up to $5,000 to a campaign canvasser if
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By Kacen Bayless | Updated November 10, 2025 1:57 PM As thousands of Missourians sign onto a campaign to strike down the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, a mysterious consulting contract appears to signal a targeted effort to halt the vote. A copy of the 13-page contract, obtained by The Star, offered up to $5,000 to
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BY Gregg Palermo St. Louis | PUBLISHED 4:27 PM CT Nov. 07, 2025 ST. LOUIS—Roughly two months into the job as Missouri’s top law enforcement officer, attorney general Catherine Hanaway hasn’t shied away from high-profile legal battles similar to those of her more recent predecessors that have large political implications. But she says her chief focus remains
By:Jason Hancock | November 6, 202510:00 am A newly formed political action committee created to defend the gerrymandered congressional map drawn by Missouri lawmakers received $100,000 this week from national Republicans. On Wednesday, Put Missouri First reported two $50,000 contributions — one from the National Republican Congressional Committee and the other from the Republican National
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By Jen Rice | November 6, 2025 More than 200,000 Missourians have signed a petition supporting a referendum to block Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map. But GOP officials are working to thwart them at every turn. In the latest Republican scheme to stymie the ballot measure, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) has submitted deeply biased proposed ballot language,
ANNA BAILEY | News Editor | @AmBailey | Nov 4, 2025 Updated Nov 5, 202 The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri has filed a lawsuit over the recent redistricting of the Missouri Congressional Map. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the Missouri First Map into law Sept. 28. This map shows an adjusted version of the previous Missouri congressional
An internal review of the new map, conducted last month by the Missouri Office of Administration, shows that the 5th District will see an 8.5% increase in white residents and a 9.1% decrease in minority residents, the largest demographic change of any district in the new map. Some Kansas City residents have long framed the
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Republicans in the Missouri legislature passed a new congressional map last month as part of a national GOP strategy to prevent Democrats from taking control of the U.S. House. But a looming referendum could derail plans to implement new congressional lines aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver — even if voters approve the map in
Samantha Holthaus, Columbia Missourian | Oct 22, 2025 Arguments continued Oct. 16 between state officials and advocates for an effort to force a statewide vote on new congressional districts over interpretation of state laws governing the referendum process. The advocacy group People Not Politicians held a virtual news conference to explain its view of the
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Meanwhile, activists have already gathered 100,000 signatures to repeal the new map David Nir Oct 17, 2025 Leading Off MO Redistricting Even as he finally gave approval to a ballot measure campaign to repeal Missouri’s new congressional map, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is seeking to undermine the effort by filing what a top
St. Louis Public Radio | By Jason Rosenbaum Published October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM CDT Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is arguing that the referendum is usurping the legislature’s power to redraw congressional districts. But lawyers with the anti-redistricting group say Hanaway is “absolutely wrong” about the constitution. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s efforts to block
By First Alert 4 Staff Published: Oct. 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM CDT ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – There is new reaction to an attempt by Missouri leaders to prevent you, the voters, from having a say on the state’s new congressional map. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit arguing the impending referendum
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