Missouri
Sen. Jason Bean speaks with senate staff during a filibuster on September 12, 2025 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (MISSOURI) — The Missouri state Senate voted on Friday to pass the bill with a new congressional map that favors Republicans, sending it to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk and notching Republicans a second […]
Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new proposed congressional map in Missouri that could allow Republicans to flip at least one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has advanced through the state House — but Democrats remain defiant. The Missouri House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to […]
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Photo Courtesy: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Andrew Bailey, who serves as the Missouri attorney general, has been appointed as co-deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Thrilled to welcome Andrew Bailey as our new FBI Co-Deputy Director,” according to Blanche’s post. […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The GOP civil war has reached a new beachhead: blood-red Missouri. The state’s Republican attorney general primary is pitting incumbent Andrew Bailey against Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald Trump. And while intraparty battles elsewhere in states such as Texas and Idaho have ostensibly focused on issues like school […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — The daughter and son-in-law of Missouri state representative Ben Baker have been killed by a gang in Haiti, according to the lawmaker and officials in the country. Baker said his daughter, Natalie Lloyd, and son-in-law, Davy Lloyd, were missionaries in Haiti, where residents are facing unprecedented levels of […]
Kira Dunn, the wife of Christopher Dunn, a Missouri man who claims he was falsely convicted, speaks to “ABC News Live Prime’s” Linsey Davis. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — A wrongful conviction hearing for a Missouri man who has served 33 years in prison for a murder he claims he did not commit is underway. […]
Leonardo Munoz/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ) — A new Missouri bill would make it a felony offense for school teachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor. The proposed law would also have an offender be placed on the sexual offender registry. Social transitioning, as defined in […]
George Gojkovich/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Miss.) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has commuted the prison sentence for former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, who was convicted in a 2021 drunk driving crash that injured five people, including one child severely. Reid, 38, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was sentenced to […]
Cole County Sheriff’s Office (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — A Missouri teacher has been charged with attempted murder after her husband told police he believed she was poisoning him for several weeks — and allegedly captured her adding a toxic plant to his smoothie — court records show. Jefferson City police said they investigated allegations of […]
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (MISSOURI) — The Missouri attorney general announced new limitations Thursday on gender-affirming care for minors and adults in a move that has sparked outrage from advocacy and LGBTQ groups. Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s limitations would require adults to attend 18 months of psychological or psychiatric assessments via a therapist before receiving gender-affirming care […]
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