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6 days ago · BY: Jason Hancock - November 1, 2024. Missouri Democrats have been slowly chipping away at the GOP legislative supermajority in recent years, culminating in 2022 when the party grew its caucus in the House to its highest total in a decade. Heading into Tuesday’s election, Republicans hold a 111-52 advantage in the House and 24-10 majority in ...
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Missouri Supreme Court voted 4-3 to keep abortion on ballot, …
Sep 20, 2024 · The decision to keep a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion on the November statewide ballot was decided by a narrowly-divided Missouri Supreme Court, according to opinions released Friday.. The majority opinion was written by Judge Paul Wilson, with Chief Justice Mary Russell, Judge Robin Ransom and Judge Brent Powell concurring.
Special counsel Jack Smith reveals new evidence against Trump in …
Oct 3, 2024 · WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a lengthy and partly redacted motion Wednesday that charts special counsel Jack Smith’s final argument before November that former President Donald Trump acted in a private capacity when he co-conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Much of the motion concerns Trump’s interactions with individuals in Arizona, Georgia, […]
Missouri auditor candidates spar over independence from partisan ...
By: Rudi Keller - September 16, 2022 6:02 pm. Candidates for Missouri Auditor, from left, Democrat Alan Green, Republican Scott Fitzpatrick and Libertarian John Hartwig Jr., debate before publishers and editors Friday at the Missouri Press Association convention at the Lake of the Ozarks (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). LAKE OZARK ...
Missouri voters amend state constitution to legalize recreational ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Missourians voted Tuesday to become the 21st state to legalize recreational marijuana, approving a constitutional amendment that also establishes a process to clear nonviolent marijuana-related charges from Missourians’ criminal records. Though down from the 66% of voters who approved medical cannabis in 2018, the recreational marijuana amendment on Tuesday received 53% of the vote. “Today ...
Missouri election law has changed. Here’s what voters need to …
Oct 4, 2022 · Election Day is just over a month away and a lot has changed for voters since the last time they cast a ballot. A new elections law went into effect after the August primary election and, as local election authorities, we have an obligation to educate voters about what to expect when they vote this fall.
Andrew Bailey officially takes over as Missouri's new ...
Jan 3, 2023 · Attorney General Andrew Bailey is sworn into office Tuesday in Jefferson City by Judge Kelly Broniec of the Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals while his wife and children look on (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). The Missouri Attorney General’s office will operate in “unyielding pursuit of victory,” Andrew Bailey said Tuesday as ...
In sudden cabinet shake-up, Parson announces director changes …
Oct 12, 2021 · Tessa Weinberg covered education, health care and the legislature with the Missouri Independent. She previously covered the Missouri statehouse for The Kansas City Star and The Columbia Missourian, where her reporting into social media use by the governor prompted an investigation by the Attorney General’s office.
Missouri should end the death penalty and spare Carman Deck
April 29, 2022 7:00 am. Carman Deck is set to be executed on May 3 at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre (photo submitted). The “machinery of death” is back to work in Missouri as the Missouri Supreme Court has issued an execution date of May 3 for Carman Deck. James and Zelma Long were fatally shot ...
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