Missouri Attorney General

Several years after federal judges rejected the Trump administration's attempt to bar some immigrants from being included in census counts, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway wants to bring the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit from Republican Attorney General Catherine Hanaway argues Missouri would gain another congressional seat and Electoral College vote by excluding people without legal status from the count.

Missouri Republican lawmakers pushed through the bill last year in response to the campaign for an abortion rights amendment, and to protect against lawsuits over abortion restrictions still on the books.

A judge wrote that the Missouri attorney general’s office “repeatedly offered excuses ranging from secretarial blame to Dropbox malfunctions and staffing issues" and failed to meet multiple court deadlines. The lawsuit was filed by the mother of 27-year-old Jahi Hynes, who died by suicide in a Missouri prison.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says no legitimate company will ever ask for payment via gift cards.

The Missouri attorney general claims that the Republican-drawn congressional map is now active. But an anti-redistricting campaign argues that the law must be suspended while the state determines if enough valid signatures were submitted to force a statewide vote.

The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to strike down parts of the Voting Rights Act that protects minority-majority congressional districts. Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt said the St. Louis-based 1st Congressional District may be redrawn next.

A lawsuit from Republican states, led by the Missouri attorney general, put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.

Missouri Republican leaders claimed the U.S. Constitution forbids state referendums on Congressional district plans. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, but the Missouri Secretary of State can still declare the petition unconstitutional under the state constitution.

The porn industry’s largest website, Pornhub, said Missouri's new policy requiring explicit sites to verify that users are adults is a privacy risk. Kansas was blacked out last year over a similar law.

Without citing evidence, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway accused a signature-gathering company of “reportedly employing illegal aliens" in its efforts to overturn the gerrymandered congressional map. Hanaway said she's opened an investigation and referred the matter to ICE.

Kansas-City-based Shaman Botanicals LLC — the leading supplier of 7-OH in Missouri — received letters from both the FDA and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway.