Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Facing pressure from President Donald Trump, the Missouri Senate on Friday passed a gerrymandered congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Kansas City. The map, sponsored by Rep.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the state’s new congressional map into law Sunday, splitting up the Kansas City-area district currently held by one of the state’s two Democratic House members. The Show-Me State joins a handful of states nationwide that ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s newly drawn congressional district maps will go into effect ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The lawsuit filed against the state of Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins – in an ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe unveiled a new redistricting map Friday, just hours after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed his ...

State Sen. Barbara Washington, D-Kansas City, speaks against splitting Kansas City into three congressional districts during Senate debate Friday. Shortly after she spoke, Senate Republicans forced a vote on a gerrymandered map of the state's congressional ...

Missouri's current congressional map gives no unfair advantage to either major political party. That's according to the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, which studies partisan redistricting and representation across the country. The current map, drawn in ...

Redistricting opponents argue that the Missouri Constitution doesn't authorize mid-decade redistricting. But defenders of the gerrymandered map are banking on a construction similar to the 1990s movie "Air Bud." The fate of Missouri's new congressional map ...

MISSOURI, USA — A newly-gerrymandered congressional map and limits on voters’ ability to amend the state constitution cleared the Missouri Senate Friday, capping two weeks of contentious debate that drew national attention. The changes to the ...

A group that gathered more than 300,000 signatures challenging a new Missouri congressional map that largely favors Republicans has sued the Missouri secretary of state for his decision to toss out