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

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

Missouri’s map fight returns to the U.S. Supreme Court as voting begins. #moleg #mogov www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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

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

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

New: Federal court backs Missouri’s gerrymandered map, setting up another SCOTUS showdown #moleg #mogov www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Could a ‘blue wave’ reach Missouri? What the latest poll says about November #moleg #mogov

The curious case of a Ponzi schemer’s glowing profile in a Missouri newspaper #moleg #mogov

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

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

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

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

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

Missouri on the Record is a weekly podcast from The Missouri Independent that goes beyond the headlines to explain the stories shaping the state. #moleg #mogov

With the MO State Board of Education NOT recommending full funding of local schools in their FY28 budget request, did you know MO falls behind most other states in nearly every indicator?This is only the beginning. #moleg #mogov

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

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

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

Governor Kehoe Signs Executive Order Establishing Safeguards on Automated License Plate Readers - governor.mo.gov/press-releas... #MO #MOLeg #MOGov #MOHouse #MOSenate