redistricting

Ready your votes: Mo. Supreme Court says redistricted congressional map to stand

The Associated Press and St. Louis Public Radio — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:45:36 +0000

Updated 4:04 p.m. with Diehl's comments.

The Missouri Supreme Court has released its judgment on a challenge to the recent redistricting of the state's new Congressional districts.

The Court has upheld the new districts, finally providing certainty for candidates in the August primary elections.

Mo. Supreme Court upholds state House districts

The Associated Press — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:28:27 +0000

Will be updated.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld new boundaries for state House districts based upon the 2010 census.

The high court issued a one-line ruling Tuesday upholding the new districts and saying a longer opinion would be issued sometime in the future. The ruling came about three hours before Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline for candidates to file for this year's elections.

Morning headlines: March 13, 2012

Julie Bierach, The Associated Press and Maria Altman — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:36:33 +0000

Good morning! Here are some of the starting headlines of the day so far:

Nixon to hold news conference Tuesday on proposed cut in state aid to the blind

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is taking his case to the public to try to reverse a proposed cut in state aid to the blind. The Democratic governor is holding a news conference Tuesday in Columbia with leaders from organizations for the blind to oppose a cut made by the Republican-led House budget committee.

Mo. Supreme Court hears State House redistricting map lawsuit

Marshall Griffin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:29:43 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the new State House redistricting map.

The map’s opponents raised similar objections as those who’ve challenged the congressional and State Senate district maps drawn up last year: Like the Senate map, plaintiffs claimed, in written statements, that the six-judge panel that drew up the House map did so behind closed doors and thus violated the state’s Sunshine law. Robert Hess, one of the attorneys defending the map, said the panel was not subject to the Sunshine law.

Suit seeks to delay filing period for Mo. Senate

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:57:17 +0000

Update at 5:46 p.m.:

According to Mo. Sec. of State Robin Carnahan's office, Judge Daniel Green of the Cole County Circuit Court has denied the temporary restraining order. The decision means candidate filing for Missouri state Senate districts will begin Tuesday morning, as scheduled.

Updated at 4 p.m. with comments from plaintiff

There's another twist in the ongoing legal battle over the new districts for the Missouri State Senate.