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Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has sent letters to about 1,000 registered voters notifying them that they’ve been flagged as potentially being noncitizens. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri can keep using disputed federal database to review voter eligibility • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court order keeps expanded SAVE system in place as questions remain about how Missouri has used it.
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Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become #moleg #mogov
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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 20h
On Monday, Eric Schmitt helped pass a bipartisan college sports bill. On Tuesday, he mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes, used the bad information to accuse Jack Smith of perjury and called him a “dirtbag.” #moleg #mogov
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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 20h
Missouri’s Eric Schmitt bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing #moleg #mogov
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Missouri's Eric Schmitt bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Missouri Independent
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 21h
A Cole County Circuit Court judge will decide whether to strike down a 2024 law allowing charter schools in Boone County, a case that could further define Missouri’s constitutional ban on special laws. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri judge hears challenge to Boone County charter school expansion • Missouri Independent
Columbia Public Schools argues a 2024 Missouri law illegally singles out Boone County in a circuit court hearing
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 29/09/2026
Missouri Republicans are scrambling to organize late campaigns on ballot measures they spent most of the year trying to block from the Nov. 3 election. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns on two ballot measures • Missouri Independent
Missouri Republicans are scrambling to organize late campaigns on measures they spent most of the year trying to block from the ballot.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 28/09/2026
Private philanthropy will fund two major initiatives underway at the Missouri State Board of Education, but the identities of the donors remain unknown to the public, the state education department and at least one of the contractors doing the work. #moleg #mogov
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Private donors are funding Missouri education board’s commissioner search, strategic plan • Missouri Independent
Philanthropic funding is propelling Missouri State Board of Education's efforts to hire a new commissioner and refresh its strategic plan.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 28/09/2026
Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month #moleg #mogov
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Commentary: Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month • Missouri Independent
Contempt, lawsuits and three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court ended with Missouri right back where it started.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 28/09/2026
On the this week’s episode of Missouri on the Record, Anna Spoerre explains why some abortion opponents are fighting Amendment 3, and how transgender healthcare became part of the debate. #moleg #mogov
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Why some abortion opponents are fighting Missouri’s Amendment 3 • Missouri Independent
Inside the split over abortion, transgender health care and the multimillion-dollar campaign shaping Missouri’s November vote.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 28/09/2026
Some conservatives argue the abortion restrictions don’t go far enough, a split that could matter in a race recent polling shows is essentially tied. #moleg #mogov
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Anti-abortion divide could complicate Missouri Amendment 3 campaign • Missouri Independent
Some anti-abortion conservatives argue Missouri's Amendment 3, a ban on abortion with some exceptions, should be defeated because it does not go far enough.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 26/09/2026
Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster care. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Independent reporters win investigative journalism prize for foster care series • Missouri Independent
Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster ca...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 25/09/2026
The decision ends, for this election at least, Republicans’ effort to use a gerrymandered map to improve their chances of winning a seventh Missouri seat in the U.S. House. #moleg #mogov
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US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map • Missouri Independent
The U.S. Supreme Court weighted in for the third time on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map and whether it can be used in November.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 25/09/2026
Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court rules Missouri's 2022 map will be in effect during the general election, blocking use of the gerrymandered map drawn last year. story coming soon at missouriindependent.com. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 25/09/2026
The campaign to keep Missouri’s abortion rights amendment in place has so far out raised the campaign to reinstate a ban about 7 to 1, in part because of $5.3 million from the Fairness Project, a D.C.-based nonprofit that doesn’t have to disclose its donors. #moleg #mogov
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The Fairness Project remains largest funder of effort to stop Missouri abortion ban • Missouri Independent
Since 2017, the Fairness Project, a D.C.-based nonprofit, has poured more than $13 million into Missouri campaigns, including the reproductive rights fight.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 24/09/2026
A Kansas City plaintiff is among five Medicaid recipients and six medical organizations arguing a federal rule unlawfully narrows exemptions for adults with serious medical conditions. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Medicaid enrollee challenges Trump rule on work requirement exemptions • Missouri Independent
Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit argue the rule unlawfully limits an exemption from Medicaid work requirements for "medically frail" adults.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 24/09/2026
A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley raises privacy alarms over nationwide AI camera network • Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a W...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 23/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing whether a 2022 law making it a crime for school employees to provide students with “explicit sexual material” violates constitutional free speech protections. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Supreme Court hears appeal of school library ‘explicit sexual material’ law • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over a law barring "explicit sexual content" from school libraries.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 23/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday challenging an appeals court’s decision in March directing the state to award cannabis company Hippos LLC 13 facility licenses after finding the 2019 application scoring process was inconsistent. #moleg #mogov
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State asks Missouri Supreme Court to block award of 13 marijuana licenses • Missouri Independent
The case revisits the grading process of marijuana facility licenses in 2019, which the state auditor found to have erratic scoring and poor documentation.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 23/09/2026
Backers of a Missouri redistricting referendum late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene for a third time in three weeks in the fight over which congressional map must be used for the Nov. 3 elections. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri redistricting fight returns to US Supreme Court for third time • Missouri Independent
Backers of a Missouri redistricting referendum asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene again in the fight over which map to use the Nov. 3.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 22/09/2026
Two measures on the Nov. 3 ballot could make another mid-decade gerrymander extraordinarily difficult — and potentially complicate Missouri’s redistricting fights for years to come. #moleg #mogov
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Amendment 6 could make another Missouri congressional gerrymander much harder • Missouri Independent
If voters reject Proposition A and approve Amendment 6, Missouri lawmakers could face an 80% threshold before passing a similar congressional map.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 22/09/2026
Missouri election officials will continue using the 2022 districts for now as opponents prepare to take the gerrymandered map back to the U.S. Supreme Court. #moleg #mogov
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Appeals court backs Missouri’s gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold • Missouri Independent
A federal appeals court ruled that Missouri must use the congressional map passed by Republicans in 2025 but stayed the ruling for a week.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 21/09/2026
The curious case of a Ponzi schemer’s glowing profile in a Missouri newspaper #moleg #mogov
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The curious case of a Ponzi schemer’s glowing profile in a Missouri newspaper • Missouri Independent
A glowing profile of convicted Ponzi schemer Siddharth Jawahar in a Missouri newspaper raises questions about political PR, ownership and newsroom boundaries.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 21/09/2026
Jason Hancock and Rudi Keller break down the latest SLU/YouGov poll, what it says about Missouri’s political mood and whether signs of a strong Democratic year nationally could reach the state. #moleg #mogov
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Could a ‘blue wave’ reach Missouri? What the latest poll says about November • Missouri Independent
Could a blue wave reach Missouri? The latest SLU/YouGov poll offers clues on Trump, Mike Kehoe, turnout and the 2026 election.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 19/09/2026
If congressional districts change again, election officials can notify anyone who has already received a ballot that a replacement is available. But ballots that have been cast cannot be uncast. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri election officials begin mailing ballots as they await ruling on congressional map • Missouri Independent
Missourians overseas began receiving ballots Friday despite continuing uncertainty over which congressional candidates should be listed.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 18/09/2026
Missouri on the Record, a new weekly podcast from The Missouri Independent, will add another layer to our election coverage. Our first episode drops on Monday. #moleg #mogov
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A new way to follow Missouri’s 2026 election • Missouri Independent
Missouri’s 2026 election will bring major races, ballot measures and political fights with consequences across the state.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 18/09/2026
Last year, state cannabis regulators began double checking the work of licensed testing labs to catch potential problems with mold, pesticides and other contaminants. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri cannabis regulators recall pre-rolled joints after mold found in testing  • Missouri Independent
Juicy J’s infused pre-rolls failed testing for Aspergillus, a mold that can pose health risks at high levels or for people with weakened immune systems.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17/09/2026
A panel of federal appeals court judges heard from Republicans Thursday about why they should reinstate the map designed to help the GOP flip a Democratic-held congressional seat. #moleg #mogov
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Federal court weighs whether it’s too late to revive Missouri’s gerrymandered map • Missouri Independent
The last legal battle over Missouri’s 2025 redistricting plan played out Thursday in front of a panel of federal appeals court judges.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17/09/2026
The lawsuit argues Denny Hoskins deliberately delayed ruling on the referendum challenging Missouri’s 2025 congressional map until it was too late to prevent the disputed districts from being used in the Aug. 4 primary. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri voters file second class action against Denny Hoskins in less than a week • Missouri Independent
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces a second class action in less than a week over his handling of the congressional redistricting referendum.
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Missouri congressman urged leniency for Ponzi schemer who hired longtime consultant • Missouri Independent
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Axiom Strategies to secure a favorable newspaper article and a letter of support from Sam Graves.
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar hired Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies to land favorable media before sentencing. Days later, the News Tribune ran a glowing profile, and Roe discussed spending money to digitally target the story to the judge's home so he would be likely to see it. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri congressman urged leniency for Ponzi schemer who hired longtime consultant • Missouri Independent
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Axiom Strategies to secure a favorable newspaper article and a letter of support from Sam Graves.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17/09/2026
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies $10,000 to secure a favorable newspaper article and a sentencing letter from Congressman Sam Graves in an effort to influence the judge. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri congressman urged leniency for Ponzi schemer who hired longtime consultant • Missouri Independent
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Axiom Strategies to secure a favorable newspaper article and a letter of support from Sam Graves.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 15/09/2026
The Missouri State Board of Education declined Tuesday to seek the roughly $300 million increase needed to fully fund the state’s public school funding formula next year, opting instead to request lawmakers allocate the same amount schools are receiving this year. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri education board declines to seek $300 million increase in school aid • Missouri Independent
The Missouri State Board of Education settled an impasse on the budget by agreeing to cut a proposed increase to schools' state aid.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 15/09/2026
Missouri education officials on Tuesday pushed back the release of “A” through “F” grades for public schools until at least mid-November, giving districts a chance to review the ratings first after administrators raised concerns about the system. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri schools to get first look at ‘A’ through ‘F’ grades as public release is delayed • Missouri Independent
The State Board of Education approves a scoring system to grade public schools on an "A" through "F" scale with a delayed implementation.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 15/09/2026
The Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force is entering the final stretch of its 15 months of meetings, preparing a set of recommendations that could change the way the state funds public education. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri school funding task force nears final recommendations • Missouri Independent
Changes to the formula that funds Missouri public schools could increase state aid by over $600 million if approved by lawmakers.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
A former top elections official is accusing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a St. Louis County election. #moleg #mogov
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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge • Missouri Independent
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is a used of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
The panel will develop common standards for assessing child safety as lawmakers press the Children’s Division over foster care deaths, staff turnover and investigation backlogs. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri governor names 18 to child welfare task force amid growing scrutiny • Missouri Independent
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe named a child welfare task force as lawmakers scrutinize foster care deaths, staff turnover and investigation delays.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
Lawsuit seeks $80 million from Denny Hoskins over Missouri congressional map referendum #moleg #mogov
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Lawsuit seeks $80 million from Denny Hoskins over Missouri congressional map referendum • Missouri Independent
Missouri voters filed a class-action lawsuit seeking roughly $80 million from Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over his handling of a congressional map referendum.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
Missouri GOP still see path for gerrymandered congressional map. Legal experts see little hope. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri GOP still see path for gerrymandered congressional map. Legal experts see little hope. • Missouri Independent
Missouri Republicans hope the 8th Circuit can revive their 2025 congressional map, but court rulings and a U.S. Supreme Court stay leave major obstacles.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 11/09/2026
Of 900 likely Missouri voters surveyed in August by the SLU/YouGov Poll, 44% opposed the abortion ban amendment and 43% supported it. The remaining 13% were unsure. #moleg #mogov
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Latest Missouri poll finds another razor thin margin ahead of November vote on abortion • Missouri Independent
The results of the latest Saint Louis University/YouGov poll erased a gap that had favored Missouri's proposed abortion ban amendment months earlier.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 10/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map, but ultimately ruled he remedied the contempt by reversing his directive. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Supreme Court finds Denny Hoskins “was in contempt” over congressional maps • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 10/09/2026
In a hearing before the state Supreme Court Thursday morning, an attorney representing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said unless some other federal court says otherwise, the intent is to is to conduct the November election using the 2022 map. #moleg #mogov
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US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map • Missouri Independent
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked use of Missouri’s 2025 congressional map in November, restoring the state’s 2022 districts while the case continues.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 10/09/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri to use a gerrymandered congressional map in November, putting the state back on course to conduct the election using districts drawn in 2022. #moleg. #mogov
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US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map • Missouri Independent
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked use of Missouri’s 2025 congressional map in November, restoring the state’s 2022 districts while the case continues.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 10/09/2026
A new poll shows 47% of Missourians approve or strongly approve of President Donald Trump, while 52% disapprove or strongly disapprove. Gov. Kehoe's approval rating has fallen to 39%, with only 7% who said they strongly approve. #moleg #mogov
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Trump, Kehoe post first negative approval ratings in new Missouri poll • Missouri Independent
A new poll shows more Missourians disapprove of President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Kehoe’s job performance than approve.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins says he cannot be punished for following a federal order requiring use of Missouri’s 2025 congressional map. #moleg #mogov
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Denny Hoskins asks federal judge to block Missouri Supreme Court contempt hearing • Missouri Independent
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the Missouri Supreme Court from holding a contempt hearing.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
Hemp companies across Missouri and the nation are rethinking their business plans in anticipation of the federal ban. #moleg #mogov
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Hemp THC businesses brace for ban in November, drinks get one month of relief • Missouri Independent
Hemp companies across Missouri and the nation are rethinking their business plans in anticipation of the federal ban.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court ordered Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for directing election officials to use a congressional map the court has barred him from implementing. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Supreme Court orders Denny Hoskins to answer on contempt charge • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
Minutes after Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected an emergency bid to block a state Supreme Court ruling, a St. Louis federal judge barred Missouri from using any map other than the 2025 districts. #moleg #mogov
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Federal courts conflict on GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Federal courts conflict on GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Federal courts conflict on GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 08/09/2026
BREAKING (again): Shortly after SCOTUS refused to overturn the state Supreme Court's ruling blocking the gerrymandered map, a federal judge in St. Louis issued a temporary restraining order in a separate lawsuit that freezes that state Supreme Court's ruling. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 08/09/2026
BREAKING: US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh denies GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map #moleg #mogov
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US Supreme Court denies GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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