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 Missouri Republican criticized Medicaid cuts and questioned Senate leadership following Democrats’ sweeping election victories. However, Hawley was one of the Republicans who voted to pass those Medicaid cuts in Trump's sweeping tax bill. -
Democrats shattered GOP legislative supermajorities, flipped a congressional seat and gained ground in unexpected places as voters rejected abortion restrictions and efforts to weaken their power over state laws. -
The party won nearly every Republican-held district it targeted, scored unexpected victories in GOP strongholds and defended all its own seats. -
Missouri Proposition A will determine whether a map designed to give Republicans another U.S. House seat takes effect in 2028. While the campaign to defeat the map has drawn millions of dollars in donations, there's no organized effort to pass it. -
The proposed class action is the third lawsuit filed against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in less than a week. It's seeking damages for voters who cast August primary ballots in congressional districts different than in November, arguing that Hoskins deliberately delayed ruling on a referendum challenging the map. -
The 8th Circuit Court will hear arguments Thursday as Republican officials attempt to institute a redrawn congressional map for November's election. But they face a narrow legal path after a U.S. Supreme Court stay and a state ruling that the map never took effect. -
At the center of the case is a Missouri law that says the secretary of state must pay between $100 and $500 to an aggrieved person if the officeholder “neglect[s] or refuse[s] to perform any of the duties enjoined on him by law." -
The Respect Missouri Voters campaign submitted more than 330,000 signatures for an amendment that would limit lawmakers from repealing or changing laws approved through the initiative process. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the petition Tuesday while also replacing the ballot title he already certified. -
Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett's former state campaign sent to $165,000 to a nonprofit, which later gave nearly the same amount to a super PAC backing his bid for Missouri 6th Congressional District. -
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.
