JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Dueling court orders eight weeks before Election Day left Missouri’s congressional map uncertain Tuesday as legal wrangling over a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump sparked fresh confusion. A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election. But
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri court has rejected a request to let voters decide in November whether to erect some of the nation’s strongest protections for laws and constitutional amendments passed by citizen initiative. Citizen initiatives are placed on the ballot in Missouri if voters collect enough signatures. The secretary of state can reject
STREET. LUIS– Grabbing a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous 1847 Dred Scott slavery case was argued, former Rep. Cori Bush described her ouster from Congress as another historic setback that needed to be reversed. “We’re here saying, send that descendant back, send her back to the place that the slaves built,” Bush said.