Missouri’s unsettled map fight

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

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The Missouri Supreme Court kept the new congressional map in place for now, but one county clerk says that has not given local election officials enough certainty to prepare ballots.

Lawmakers, with the session nearly over, are sending politically charged bills to Gov. Mike Kehoe on abortion and online age checks. And an effort to write guardrails for artificial intelligence shows how hard it is for states to regulate a fast-moving technology without running into pressure from Washington and business groups.

by Rudi Keller

Brianna Lennon says she says she cannot determine which congressional map is in effect for the Aug. 4 primary until Secretary of State Denny Hoskins determines whether there are sufficient petition signatures to force a referendum

by Steph Quinn

State Sen. Joe Nicola pared back chatbot restrictions and developer liability measures in his bill in response to feedback from President Donald Trump’s AI staff.

by Anna Spoerre

Health care providers could face the death penalty if they don’t provide life-saving care to a baby born after an attempted abortion under legislation headed to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe.

by Steph Quinn

Commercial websites and platforms must already verify that users are at least 18 if more than a third of their content is sexually explicit as part of a rule enforced by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway since December.

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