Tag Archives: Missouri

Mediate reports: Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) confronted his Democratic challenger at the Missouri state fair on Thursday, challenging him to an impromptu debate during an awkward exchange between the two. In a video posted by Hawley on X, the senator says “Guys, how are you? Let’s go find Lucas Kunce. Let’s go find him. Come on, where’s he been? I …

St. Louis’s CBS affiliate reports: Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough signatures from registered voters to qualify for the general election. It will need …

The Daily Beast reports: Valentina Gomez, who littered her campaign with offensive statements about gay and transgender people, used derogatory language towards Vice President Kamala Harris, and called Juneteenth a “ratchet” holiday—all the while espousing her religious views—acquired less than eight percent of the vote, bringing to an end a theatrical campaign that at one point saw her take a …

The Kansas City Star reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won the Republican primary for the office on Tuesday, fending off an aggressive challenger in a nasty battle that pitted two candidates with virtually identical politics against each other. Bailey, a former lawyer for Gov. Mike Parson, who appointed him to the office less than two years ago, stands on …

Via press release from Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against the Biden Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing in its legal obligation to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request asking for documents and communications regarding the transportation of illegal immigrants into Missouri. “Once again, the Biden Administration is trying …

The Missouri Independent reports: A Clay County judge on Friday refused to reverse her order from earlier this month that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answer questions under oath about conversations with a local official that may have violated legal ethics rules. Judge Karen Krauser ordered Bailey to sit for a deposition after it was discovered he and a deputy …

The Washington Examiner reports: Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says. “No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.” If elected, Eigel vowed …

Raw Story reports: Missouri needs an attorney general who’s ready to put on a fleece vest and blow up legal evidence against his political allies with a grenade launcher. That’s the message from Will Scharf, who does just that in his latest campaign video boasting of his loyalty to his client and convicted felon, Donald Trump, a former president. In …

The Missouri Independent reports: Developers planning to expand a Kansas City facility manufacturing nuclear weapons components will get a break on sales tax under legislation Gov. Mike Parson signed Monday. Parson held a signing ceremony at the site, currently a gravel lot across from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s south Kansas City campus. The expansion is expected to cost more …

Axios reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the gag order against Donald Trump and to delay the sentencing for Trump’s criminal conviction in New York until after the Nov. 5 election. The long-shot petition seeks to inject Missouri into Trump’s criminal case in New York by claiming that rulings by Judge Juan …

NBC News reports: A Missouri woman is charged with multiple felonies for allegedly spiking her husband’s Mountain Dew with Roundup weed killer and insecticide repeatedly to be “mean” to him, authorities said. Michelle Y. Peters, 47, of Lebanon, is accused of secretly putting Roundup in her husband’s 2-liter bottles of Mountain Dew he stored in a garage refrigerator during May …

Axios reports: Missouri’s attorney general announced Thursday that he’s suing the state of New York for alleged election interference and wrongful prosecution over former President Trump’s hush money case. It marks the beginning of what’s expected to be the next wave of legal action after an N.Y. jury found the presumptive Republican presidential nominee guilty of 34 felony counts of …

The Meidas Touch reports: Sony has sent a cease and desist letter to Missouri GOP Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez for using one of their songs in her homophobic campaign video. Gomez has been posting homophobic videos including one burning LGBTQ library books and others repeating “don’t be weak and gay.” In their cease and desist letter, David Przygoda, …

Via press release from Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Media Matters to force the nonprofit to turn over documents related to his investigation into its fraudulent business practices. General Bailey launched his investigation in November 2023 after evidence came to light that Media Matters solicited donations from Missourians under false pretenses to …

The Daily Beast reports: Missouri’s Republican Party filed suit Thursday to stop an honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan from running for governor under its banner. The petition says the GOP did not have a chance to vet Darrell McClanahan III and didn’t learn of his views and associations until after he filed a declaration of candidacy. “MSRC does …

CNN reports: A newly proposed law in Missouri could charge teachers and counselors with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they’re found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning. Missouri state Rep. Jamie Gragg, a Republican, introduced HB 2885 last week. If passed and signed into law, the legislation would criminalize the act …

Courthouse News reports: Planned Parenthood traffics minors across states lines to obtain secret abortions, Missouri’s attorney general claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, filed the suit in Boone County circuit court seeking an order stopping the actions. Bailey claims in the complaint to have video of Planned Parenthood staff members acknowledging they take minors …

The Associated Press reports: Missouri’s Republican-led House on Monday passed a bill to ban celebratory gunfire in cities less than a week after a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade left some attending lawmakers hiding in bathrooms. Kansas City police have said the shooting appeared to stem from a dispute between several people and not celebratory …

ESPN reports: Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. Two $50,000 donations were posted Friday under the singer’s name on a GoFundMe page. Swift’s representative confirmed the donations to Variety, the trade publication reported, and The Associated Press independently verified the posts. …

Kansas City’s CBS affiliate reports: Charges have been filed against two teenagers after one person died and 22 were injured in a shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs Championship parade. The Jackson County Family Court Division announced on Friday, Feb. 16, that two juveniles have been charged in connection to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs rally. The …