The Missouri House has advanced a proposal to ensure voters can cast absentee ballots this year if they’re worried about in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. House lawmakers approved an amendment to another election-related bill that would allow voters to ...

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Rabbis are encouraging Jewish Missourians to vote absentee during the coronavirus pandemic because their religious tradition “values life above virtually all else.” A letter signed by nearly three dozen rabbis and other leaders posted this week on the Jewish Community ...

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A lawsuit filed by civil rights groups seeks to allow all Missourians to vote absentee in upcoming elections to help reduce the risk of catching or spreading the coronavirus. The lawsuit was filed in Jefferson City by the American Civil ...

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The Republican-led Missouri Senate this week passed a proposal to once again ask voters to change the state’s redistricting rules. Less than two years after voters approved a new redistricting plan, senators voted 22-9 in favor of another constitutional amendment ...

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Candidates running for the Missouri Legislature will be able to accept a few more dollars from their donors. The Missouri Ethics Commission said the campaign contribution limit for state Senate candidates is rising from $2,500 per election to $2,559, and ...

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A Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri in this year’s primary has apologized for incorrectly accusing the incumbent of having a picture of disgraced comedian Bill Cosby under his desk. Maite Salazar, of Kansas City, last week retweeted ...

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Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway said she would support expanding the number of people eligible for Medicaid if she’s elected governor. The candidate in a statement praised a bipartisan plan to expand state health coverage in Kansas that’s being spearheaded ...

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