Tagged: redistricting

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Missouri high court to consider redistricting challenge
• Northwest Missouri levee districts get grants
• Missouri's senator at odds on Obama's contraceptive plan

Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the lawsuit over Missouri’s new congressional district map.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Nixon's position on a new oil pipeline
• An update on the redistricting lawsuit
• Dave Spence airs first ads for Governor

Opening arguments were held Tuesday for the congressional redistricting lawsuit.  The suit is being held in lower court because the Missouri Supreme Court ordered a review of the redrawn map.

The Missouri Supreme Court is declining to weigh in on the constitutionality of new state House districts — at least for now.