A judge says an anti-abortion GOP official used misleading language to summarize a ballot question designed to restore abortion rights in the state. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on

Walker, a Republican, said Ashcroft’s version is “unfair, inaccurate, insufficient and misleading and is hereby vacated.”

While sports betting is allowed in Kansas, Missouri lawmakers have failed to agree on a way to legalize it. A constitutional amendment on Missouri's November ballot would open the door to online apps,

A Missouri judge will rule Thursday on whether the Republican secretary of state's official description of an abortion-rights amendment on November's ballot is misleading. At issue is a proposed amendment to Missouri's Constitution that would restore abortion rights in the state,

The fair ballot language produced by Ashcroft says:

A hearing is taking place in Jefferson City to determine the wording of a proposed abortion-rights amendment, with a judge expected to decide whether the summary language will remain as it is or require changes before voters see it on the ballot this fall.

A judge could decide as early as Thursday whether Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s “fair ballot language” summary for an abortion-rights amendment is truly fair. Missouri voters will be asked on Nov.

Kunce JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s U.S. Senate race this year presents voters with an unusual choice: The Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger are campaigning as pro-worker populists, both courting support from labor unions.

Group backing public funds for private schools worked to unseat incumbent Republicans who opposed an expansion of the MOScholars program, while others spent to boost Democratic allies.

The relationship between Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Kehoe and top lobbyist Andrew Blunt goes back two decades.

In a straw poll at the 2024 Missouri State Fair sponsored by the Missouri Farm Bureau, Sen. Josh Hawley defeated his Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce, but not by as wide a margin as Donald Trump won the presidential vote. Meghan McCarthy USA Today Network file photo

Two Republican legislators, along with anti-abortion activists, filed a lawsuit hoping to remove Amendment 3 from the Nov. 5 ballot.