The lawsuit came a day after the local government voted to withdraw from parts of the sports authority legislation.

A GOP-aligned PAC’s entry into the race illustrates that national Republicans view the matchup between Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton as neck and neck, one expert said.

As Missouri weighs an abortion ban, Republican supporters attempt to shift the conversation around Amendment 3 to the transgender community.

“(It) should be noted that there were plain clothes federal agents in the courtroom that day,” Hoskins wrote in an email to The Star

Republican lawmakers have suffered defeats on some of their most high-profile policy initiatives. Now, the spotlight swings to abortion in November.

“With great pride in what we have accomplished, I am announcing that I am stepping down to return to my family in Missouri,” Bailey said Monday.

The comments came as Marshall is embroiled in a bitter reelection bid against his Democratic challenger, the Rev. Adam Hamilton.

Map opponents late Tuesday filed an emergency application asking the nation’s highest court to block a federal ruling in favor of the map.

The ruling came down after local election officials had already sent ballots overseas based on the state’s previous congressional map.

The news comes one day after Eric Zahnd was found dead inside the Platte County Courthouse. He was set to retire from the office he had held since 2002.

“The congressional map passed by the General Assembly in 2022 shall govern the upcoming General Election,” Hanaway’s office wrote in a filing with the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Missouri Supreme Court found that the state’s top election official was in contempt of its order. He has since reversed course and ordered the use a 2022 map – not the one recently engineered to f...

The extraordinary hearing comes amid a period of uncertainty over Missouri’s map.

The decision marked another salvo in Missouri’s chaotic redistricting saga that has drawn national attention.

The extraordinary order capped off another day of chaos in Missouri’s redistricting fight as Republicans attempted to press forward with a gerrymandered map.

Opponents of the map filed an emergency notice of appeal, seeking to bring the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The move marks the end of a lengthy redistricting fight in Missouri and blocks a Republican attempt to oust Kansas City’s longtime congressman.

The unanimous decision found that Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was wrong to reject a campaign seeking to strike down the map.

Hoskins, a Republican, claimed that the campaign was unconstitutional, a remarkable argument that map opponents will challenge in court.

The signature dropoff marked a critical moment for the referendum campaign, but its fate is still unclear.

The source of the contract remains a mystery. But its existence has raised alarm as Missouri gears up for a potential statewide vote.

The vote marked a pivotal moment in Missouri, potentially altering the political makeup of Kansas City for years.

Since becoming secretary of state, Hoskins has dramatically reshaped the office, historically a ministerial position designed to handle elections.

“It turns out our expectations were misplaced,” one attorney told The Star.

The courtroom dispute centered on a lawsuit alleging Missouri enacted a gerrymandered map in violation of years of court rulings and precedent.

As the spotlight swings to the U.S. Supreme Court, The Star examined the dueling legal arguments and what they mean for Missouri’s upcoming election.

The campaign opposes a measure that would strike down a historic 2024 vote that legalized abortion access.

“We are equipped to make the necessary changes,” the directors, one Democrat and one Republican, said in a joint statement to The Star.

The statements came after the state Supreme Court ruled that a referendum campaign seeking to strike down the map must appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.

The unanimous decision found that Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was wrong to reject a campaign seeking to strike down the map.

The case centers on Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ decision last month to block the campaign and declare it unconstitutional.

The high-stakes decision could effectively decide the future of Kansas City’s representation in Congress.

The Missouri Supreme Court is poised to decide the fate of a lawsuit seeking to strike down the state’s stadium-funding law as the Royals prepare for a new home.

The university’s decision has sparked a backlash from some students and civil rights leaders.

An email, obtained by The Star, offers fresh details about the abrupt exit of the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City’s CEO.

Mayor Quinton Lucas will soon have the power to name Councilmember Andrea Bough’s successor on the council.

More than a year and a half after the deadly midair collision, families of the 67 victims are still waiting for safety regulations.

The retraction has once again thrust into the spotlight the city’s audit, which a former top staffer says Mayor Quinton Lucas ordered. Lucas vehemently denies the allegation.

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s roughly 80-mile drive to Sedalia illustrated the distance of Kansas City’s new, gerrymandered congressional district.