5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1067+ words) Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s chief litigator on Sunday accused the state Supreme Court of adopting “a legal fiction” when it ruled that putting the state’s new congressional map to a referendum means Missouri must use its previous district lines in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (732+ words) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's office is airing a "women's health PSA" warning patients about abortion clinics less than three months before voters decide whether to reinstate a near-total abortion ban Hanaway supports. State law allows money in the Merchandising…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1525+ words) When the Missouri Supreme Court considers Wednesday whether voters can force a referendum on congressional redistricting, the judges will confront a constitutional question the court has never squarely answered. But decades of Missouri Supreme Court decisions offer clues about how…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (361+ words) The Missouri Supreme Court set Sept. 2 for arguments in the appeals of two ballot measure cases, including a referendum on the state’s gerrymandered congressional map. Both measures were ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a Cole County judge. The court took a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1043+ words) The Missouri Constitution’s provisions allowing a referendum on “any act” of the Legislature do not extend that power to laws establishing congressional districts, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday afternoon. Delivering his decision just a few hours after…...