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Friday, September 11, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines

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JCNT: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins commits to using 2022 congressional map

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Supreme Court effectively blocks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map

Joplin Globe: County clerks get word to use 2022 congressional maps (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Hoskins tells Missouri election officials to use 2022 6-2 maps, avoiding contempt penalty (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

AP: Missouri set to use old congressional map after Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed one

AP: For some Missouri voters, congressional map changes triggered frustration more than confusion

Colulmbia Missourian: High court ruling clears use of 6-2 congressional map

Missourinet: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins avoids contempt punishment

KRCG (Jefferson City): Missouri Supreme Court holds Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt, then clears it

St. Louis Public Radio: Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt

KCTV (Kansas City): Cleaver, Brattin react to court ruling on Missouri’s 5th District map

KC Star: Missouri will use old congressional map in November, GOP attorney general says (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star: As top Missouri Republicans concede, Kehoe remains committed to revamped map (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star: Missouri’s chief justice tells Hoskins not to ‘venture far’ after contempt hearing (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on congressional maps (interview recorded Thursday morning)

KC Star: Kansas City-area Democrats take a victory lap after SCOTUS blocks new Missouri map (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

NY Times: Supreme Court blocks Missouri from using redrawn GOP-friendly maps in November election

Missouri Independent: US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri’s revamped congressional map

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court finds Denny Hoskins “was in contempt” over congressional maps

SNL: Missouri State coach pushes for Schmitt’s Protect College Sports Act

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: Special Edition: Remembering 9/11 – Tunnel to Towers comes to Jefferson City

The Orange County (California) Register: Different types of 9/11 memorials across the U.S. all have heartfelt meaning; an impressive tribute in Missouri includes corporate sponsorships

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Incoming Congressman Chris Stigall on the one year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s passing

TonysKansasCity.com: Elite Anti-ICE Supper Club to visit KC in October

Missouri Independent: SLU/YouGov poll finds another razor thin margin ahead of November vote on abortion

JCNT: Missouri gains more tax revenue from sports betting in July

Columbia Missourian: Efforts to change the way pharmacies are regulated have failed in Missouri

Columbia Missourian “social justice reporter” Erin Hynes: No state law polices gun storage, despite effort from “Sen. Barbara Washington, D-St. Louis [sic]”

St. Louis Public Radio: More Missouri parents are opting for religious exemptions as vaccine rates fall statewide

Columbia Missourian: MoDOT’s new I-70/U.S. 63 flyover installation set for this weekend

Washington Missourian: Vote on data centers planned for next week

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: GOP leaders should impeach Denny Hoskins, not threaten state Supreme Court (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Missouri’s mental-health crisis puts ‘sword-slayer’ case in limbo (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT letter: Lohman sexagenarian “mad as hell” at Republicans, urges readers to “Email, text, write or call your congressperson”

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