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The lawsuit argues that the proposal's summary statement fails to tell voters that “their votes would be counted differently, based upon the congressional district in which they live.”

Threats to democracy at both the national and state levels fueled Missourians to rally at more than 30 locations across the state Saturday as part of No Kings demonstrations.

A coalition of organizations in Missouri is working to try to overturn House Bill 1, which created a new Congressional map for the state.

The new map breaks the Kansas-City-based district of Democrat Emmanuel Cleaver into three in an effort to make it more Republican-leaning.

A political science professor who studies state constitutions says no other state requires every one of its congressional districts to approve a voter-led referendum.

Two initiative petition campaigns are suing the Missouri Secretary of State.

The bills change the qualifications for circulators and stop completed signature pages from being released.

A group turned in more than 200,000 signatures backing the effort to eventually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Because the House made changes to the legislation previously approved by the Senate, including adding language that was stripped off, it has to again get Senate approval.

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