Celisa Calacal

The court's Tuesday ruling updates the election date it set in April, after it threw out the Amendment 4 results from 2022. Gov. Mike Parson and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft set the date for August, three months earlier than the court initially put in its ruling.

The constitutional amendment requires Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on the police department, up from its current 20%. The KCPD is governed by the state of Missouri through a Board of Police Commissioners, unlike any other major U.S. city or police department in Missouri.