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Missouri voters in August will decide whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for the expansion of sales and use taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.

The high court also rejected lawsuits contending that the new lines passed in 2025 were not compact as required by law.

The court will hear arguments that it should throw out the map passed by Republicans in a special session because it makes districts that are not compact. In the second case, the judges will consider whether a referendum filing automatically prevents a new law from taking effect.

Members of People not Politicians and other progressive groups protested Missouri's redistricted map in front of the Supreme Court.

HB 3146 would give the Secretary of State more control over bill summaries, taking power away from courts.

Michael Thornhill, who at times showed up to work in an Elvis Presley costume, was removed in part because of his repeated political statements in the courtroom.

The Missouri Supreme Court made a language change to the definition of marijuana offenses that makes erasing marijuana-related charges more restrictive. The change overrides a voter decision from 2022 that said all class A-D felonies involving more than 3 pounds of marijuana would be erased from criminal records.

The plaintiffs are seeking a reversal of a lower court that upheld the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.

Missouri voters passed Proposition A with 57% approval. Unless the state Supreme Court grants a legal challenge, the first minimum wage increase kicks in Jan. 1.