Denny Hoskins wants to keep referendum records closed

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning.

Missouri’s redistricting fight has already moved through the legislature, the courts, and both state and local election offices.

Now it has opened a new front: public records.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is asking a Cole County judge to let him keep closed records showing how his office handled a disputed batch of signatures on the referendum petition challenging Missouri’s new congressional map. Those are the signatures he did not send to local election authorities for verification.

Rudi Keller reports on what the lawsuit asks, why the timing matters and what remains unresolved before Missouri voters cast ballots Aug. 4.

by Rudi Keller

Denny Hoskins wants a court to bless his decision to withhold records on disputed referendum signatures. People Not Politicians says the documents could show what his office did with pages never sent for verification.

by Mary Sanchez

Activists in Kansas City are using the world’s focus on soccer to highlight workers’ rights, social inequities and safety concerns for immigrants in the cities where the games are being played.

by Sofia Resnick

Missouri’s abortion ban is no longer in effect, but Mylissa McNeill says the damage from its early days remains: delayed miscarriage care, lasting medical problems and debt that followed her across state lines.

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