-
An abortion rights group has raised millions of dollars and recruited a large number of volunteers for an amendment to legalize abortion up to fetal viability. But unless Missouri's Secretary of State uses an unusual procedure to speed up counting petition signatures, it won't make it on the August primary ballot.
-
The current Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial hopeful enlisted the help of economists who crafted the 2012 Kansas tax plan, which crashed revenues and was repealed several years later, to prepare a proposal for Missouri tax revisions.
-
Officials in Missouri voting offices worry about Election Day problems, especially for voters who have recently moved, since the state pulled out of a collaboration that helps check voter rolls for accuracy.
-
Saturday’s forum at Lincoln Days in Kansas City was one of the first times the major Republican candidates for governor were together to provide insight into their views.
-
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, a coalition of statewide abortion rights groups, has until May 5 to gather more than 171,000 signatures to get a constitutional amendment on November’s ballot. The ballot initiative would legalize abortions up to the point of "fetal viability."
-
State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, a Republican, issued an audit of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's office and downgraded his administration to the second-lowest rating because it illegally withheld documentation about election cybersecurity. Ashcroft, who is also a Republican, criticized the report as a political attack.
-
Missouri has one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, but a new initiative petition would legalize the practice up to the point of "fetal viability." To qualify for the November ballot, the coalition has until May 5 to gather enough signatures from across the state.
-
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft threatened to unilaterally kick President Joe Biden off of the Missouri ballot if Donald Trump is disqualified in other states for violating the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause. But an appeals court ruling found Missouri law did not give the secretary of state that power.
-
Ashcroft, who is also a candidate for Missouri governor, is the latest prominent figure targeted by false crime reports intended to trigger heavy police response.
-
A Republican political operative wants documents showing how Andrew Bailey came up with a $21 million estimated cost to defend a proposed abortion amendment that would allow for exceptions to Missouri's current restrictive law.
-
Missouri abortion-rights initiatives face a ‘torturous’ road to the 2024 ballot. Here's what to knowTwo coalitions are hoping to put abortion on the 2024 ballot in Missouri, where virtually all abortions are illegal. The issue has proven to be a big winner in numerous states, but both groups face the same question: Is there enough time and money to get their proposed amendments off the ground?
-
The NAACP and the League of Women Voters are challenging Missouri's 2022 voter ID law, arguing it imposes unconstitutional burdens on the right to vote without actually achieving the stated goal of reducing fraud. Two previous attempts by Missouri Republicans to require voter IDs have been struck down by the courts.