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The new map passed by the House likely would keep Missouri’s current congressional delegation of six Republicans and two Democrats. It now goes to the Missouri Senate with only four days left in the legislative session.
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Proposition R strengthens ethics provisions for the Board of Aldermen and makes it harder for the city board to reverse changes to the city’s elections policies.
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The House vote against the map comes after the Senate rejected the House’s request for a conference committee to find a compromise on the bill. If the stalemate doesn’t break, the task of drawing the maps would likely go to the courts.
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Proposition R would put a citizens commission in charge of drawing wards in the future. Its backers have already said they would not use the new process until 2030.
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The map makes several changes compared to the House version that passed in January, including adding an emergency clause, which would put it into effect before the Aug. 2 primary.
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A panel of Missouri judges tasked with redrawing 34 state Senate districts released a tentative plan Monday.
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The St. Charles Republican has filed a bill that legalizes marijuana for recreational use in Missouri and includes other issues related to the drug.
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The Democrat from St. Louis County spoke on continued tensions in the Senate, which have spilled over into multiple days of debate about Missouri’s congressional redistricting.
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The Senate delay on the map follows a week in which senators spent hours both debating and filibustering possible maps, including holding rare Friday and Saturday sessions.
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A bipartisan commission in charge of redrawing Missouri’s House districts recently came to a surprising agreement, approving a map before the deadline. A political scientist from the University of Missouri says that likely means both parties thought the map was not politically skewed either way.