Voters‘ referendum effort backed by 305,000 Missourians will continue to move toward November ballot Jefferson City, MO — Today, a Cole County Judge dismissed Maggard v. State of Missouri, declining to block implementation of HB1 at this stage of the proceedings. The case is subject to appeal to the Western District. By unwisely dismissing the
People Not Politicians Missouri continues to pursue nullification of gerrymandered congressional districts The group People Not Politicians Missouri said it will keep fighting to reject the new maps because they are a blatant political power grab, even after the Missouri Supreme Court decided not to call the lawmakers’ unprecedented mid-decade redrawing of congressional districts unconstitutional.
Politicians cannot implement gerrymandered map without voter approval The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office signature verification report today confirms that a sufficient number of signatures were collected, in every required congressional district, to put a referendum on the November ballot giving Missouri voters the final say in the state legislature’s illegally gerrymandered congressional district map. In
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JEFFERSON CITY — Today, a Cole County Court ruled on the Missouri redistricting ballot summary case involving the referendum language that will appear on the November ballot challenging the State’s new congressional map. The case—filed by People Not Politicians—challenged the fairness and legality of the ballot summary drafted by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who
St. Louis Public Radio | By Sarah Kellogg | Published March 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM CDT If the court strikes down the new map, Missouri’s congressional lines would revert to the prior map — which keeps the bulk of Kansas City within one district. The future of congressional redistricting in Missouri was argued Tuesday before the
Press Release / February 10, 2026 BREAKING — Cole County Courtroom, Missouri: State Attorney Agrees 2022 Congressional Maps Will Remain in Place Unless Voters Ratify HB1 Jefferson City, MO — Today, during a hearing in Cole County, an attorney representing the State of Missouri acknowledged that the state’s 2022 congressional maps will only be replaced if Missouri voters ratify
By Richard Eberwein – 1/28/26 Missouri’s annual State of the Judiciary address was canceled on Wednesday after Senate Republicans announced a boycott in response to a recent state Supreme Court decision. State Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) appeared in a video posted to the Missouri Senate Republicans X account, where he accused the Supreme Court of overstepping. “Folks, we have
By:Jason Hancock-January 27, 20267:30 pm Gov. Mike Kehoe withdrew two nominees to the Missouri Ethics Commission Tuesday after Democrats pointed out the appointments were based on a congressional map that Republicans contend is no longer valid. Senate Democrats have refused to allow any gubernatorial appointments to come up for a vote for the past two weeks, arguing
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By Sarah Motter | Published: Jan. 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM CST JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Missouri’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down a law that gave politicians control over ballot initiative language. The Friday, Jan. 23, ruling invalidates Senate Bill 22. Critics called it the “Let Politicians Lie Act.” What the court decided On Friday, the Supreme Court said
By Jazsmin Halliburton, Marie Moyer | January 20, 2026 3:04 PM COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawyers for the ACLU argued in court Tuesday that voters’ rights under the Missouri Constitution are being trampled if a new mid-decade congressional map is active. The ACLU and the State of Missouri met in the Cole County Circuit Court on Tuesday for
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Jazsmin Halliburton | Jan 20, 2026 Updated Jan 20, 2026 COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — The ACLU is set to have a motion hearing in Cole County Tuesday over a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, asking for a preliminary injunction to pause the redistricting map. The ACLU, which is representing two Kansas City voters, is asking the Cole
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January 18, 2026 Marcia Reed, Holts Summit Dear Editor, I am daily appalled by what I see happening in Missouri and across our nation. Here at home, Missouri lawmakers passed an unconstitutional, gerrymandered congressional map, justified by Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin as necessary “… to maintain our majority.” They overturned voter-approved paid sick
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By Matthew Kupfer, Jen Rice | January 16, 2026 When opponents of Missouri’s new, GOP-backed congressional map began gathering signatures to advance a ballot measure to veto the map, they faced an onslaught of opposition from Republicans. GOP officials filed lawsuits, attempted to get signatures disqualified, wrote biased ballot language to confuse voters, sent out intimidating text messages to
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January 11, 2026 | James Low, Jefferson City Dear Editor, Today we live in a country where young mothers are gunned down in the street by marauding government goon squads. If Americans don’t take to the streets now, we have no right to the freedoms that generations of patriots gave their lives to protect. Having
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The secretary of state’s attorney told a judge Friday that the original ballot summary is “inherently argumentative” and should be revised By: Rudi Keller-January 9, 202612:50 pm Secretary of State Denny Hoskins admitted Friday that he wrote a ballot summary “likely to create prejudice” against a possible referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional district map. Hoskins’ lawyer,