Jason Hancock
Editor, The Missouri IndependentJason Hancock has been writing about Missouri since 2011, most recently as lead political reporter for The Kansas City Star. He has spent nearly two decades covering politics and policy for news organizations across the Midwest, and has a track record of exposing government wrongdoing and holding elected officials accountable.
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The Aug. 4 proposal would require citizen-led amendments to win in every congressional district, turning the ballot fight into a debate over who speaks for voters outside Missouri's big cities. -
Pornography websites operating in Missouri will need to use a third party to conduct “reasonable” age verification. Under the bill, the attorney general could sue commercial entities accused of knowingly violating the law. -
A closeout review by State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick — whom Parson appointed to statewide office in 2018 — could find no state business purpose for a third of the former governor’s flights on state aircraft. -
Judges increasingly have found that official summaries from Missouri election officials fail to tell voters what ballot measures would actually do — forcing rewrites on amendments about abortion, redistricting and more. Republicans say courts are overstepping. -
An amendment banning abortion will go before Missouri voters in November, possibly alongside a referendum on the state's gerrymandered congressional map. But a proposal to expand sales taxes and eliminate the income tax will appear in the smaller-turnout August election. -
A Cole County judge is being asked to block the measure from the ballot or rewrite its summary for voters. -
If the referendum qualifies for the November ballot, Missouri voters would be asked whether to approve the redistricting plan passed by Republican lawmakers. A citizen group sued Secretary of State Denny Hoskins accusing him of writing a biased summary, and two courts have now agreed. -
Graves, 62, has represented Missouri’s 6th District since 2001. A state lawmaker, a nationally syndicated radio host and a Kansas City Council member are among the possible candidates for the Republican nomination. -
Both Republicans and Democrats voted against a bill aimed at reviving Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act, which would ban the enforcement of federal gun restrictions. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Missouri's attempt to revive the law. -
Missouri state Rep. Elizabeth Fuchs, a St. Louis Democrat, went public last week about having her drink spiked during last year's legislative session. House Speaker Jon Patterson has pledged support for her bill increasing penalties for those substances.
