Jacob Barker
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A 'crisis' in Missouri elections? Supreme Court puts the blame on one state official (opens the original)
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Since the Missouri Supreme Court last week suspended new congressional maps drawn during an unprecedented gerrymander, state Republicans have pilloried the court for creating a "constitutional crisis." Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Missouri Republicans fumed over their loss at the Missouri Supreme Court, which if left standing would likely preserve a Democratic seat in Ka… Missouri voters suspended and overturned a redist
Missouri may have no path to appeal high court ruling on citizen petition measure (opens the original)
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that voters can decide whether to shield voter-approved initiatives from the state legislature. Read the full ruling. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. A Cole County judge could rule as early as Wednesday on whether Missouri officials wrongly blocked a proposed amendment protecting citizen-led… His declaration Tuesday that the measure, from a group called Respect Missouri Voters,
Missouri justices deny stay of redistricting ruling, teeing up U.S. Supreme Court showdown (opens the original)
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JEFFERSON CITYÂ â The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday rejected the state's request for a stay of its ruling suspending a GOP-led gerrymander of congressional maps, clearing the way for Attorney General Catherine Hanaway to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. The unanimous decision from Missouri's high court made clear who was to blame for the chaos: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.
Tourism bureau won't seat Page board appointees Kitty Ratcliffe, Rochelle Walton Gray (opens the original)
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The region's tourism bureau said Friday it will not seat two of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's appointees to its board, including the bureau's former leader, Kitty Ratcliffe. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. One of three new members St. Louis County Executive Sam Page appointed to the regional tourism board Thursday is its former leader, who was pu… The new campaign finance reports filed Friday also revealed donations
St. Louis police arrest 41 teens under downtown curfew, keeping firework mayhem at bay (opens the original)
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A new curfew for unaccompanied minors in downtown St. Louis, meant to keep a lid on firework-fueled mayhem that exploded after recent years' Fourth of July celebrations, resulted in 41 arrests Saturday night, city police said Sunday. The curfew marks a compromise reached between the city's top official and police. ST. LOUIS â Police seized more than 3,000 pounds of illegal fireworks stacked from ceiling to floor in a vacant home Thursday morning. The new policy was an effort by police to cur
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