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Missouri Congressional map passes Senate, ending redistricting battle
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Senate accredited a brand new congressional map for the state on Thursday night, pushing a last-minute proposal by way of the chamber regardless of continued opposition from some Republicans.
Passage of the map comes after almost 5 months of infighting and stalemates within the Senate, quite a few trashed drafts and a earlier try that obtained inches from the end line earlier than stalling out. Debate started on the matter with simply over 24 hours remaining till the legislature’s Friday night deadline and resulted in a 22-11 vote.
The ultimate model will probably retain Missouri’s presently partisan alignment, with six districts favoring Republicans and two favoring Democrats. It handed the Home final week after lawmakers renewed their push to meet their constitutional obligation, with lawsuits filed in each state and federal courts looming. The Home might want to take a remaining vote of approval earlier than the deadline.
“This map is a results of compromise,” mentioned Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, a Jefferson Metropolis Republican who chairs the redistricting committee. “All people’s been given a possibility to be heard and I do not suppose anyone may say totally different.”
From March:Missouri Home rejects Senate-approved congressional map, leaving redistricting unresolved
St. Louis Metropolis’s 1st district stays the majority-minority district for the state, in line with the Voting Rights Act. The fifth district in Kansas Metropolis will stay in Democratic fingers, regardless of makes an attempt from some Republicans to chop it out in a extra aggressive “7-1” map including one other GOP seat. The 2nd district in suburban St. Louis will nonetheless favor Republicans however may turn out to be aggressive for Democrats if voting tendencies in that area proceed.
Ten counties are break up between two districts within the remaining product — together with Boone County in mid-Missouri, which is break up between the third and 4th districts by way of town of Columbia. Webster County in southwest Missouri is break up in half between the 4th and seventh district — a configuration that has drawn consternation from the area’s lawmakers all through negotiations.
Members of the Senate Conservative Caucus, a gaggle of hardline Republicans who’ve pushed for a “7-1” map, moved once more to halt debate on the map Thursday.
Sen. Bob Onder of Lake St. Louis known as the choice a “sneak assault” after members invoked a uncommon procedural maneuver to convey the map up for debate with out it first being accredited by a committee.
“For what motive did management determine to make use of a discharge petition to get this invoice onto the ground?” Onder mentioned earlier than the vote. “Was that some form of sick energy play or one thing? I do not know what that was.”
Onder and different members of the caucus have argued that the Republican majorities in each chambers ought to seize the chance to attract new traces that might ship a further Republican to Washington.
However GOP management in each chambers of the Capitol had been constantly against that technique, citing potential authorized challenges and reducing up a group of curiosity in Kansas Metropolis.
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“We have to get previous this course of,” mentioned Majority Chief Caleb Rowden, a Columbia Republican. “We have to maneuver on, and provides our clerks and election officers a while … any additional delay would much more tremendously inhibit their potential to run a main election in August and a normal in November.”
Missouri is the final state within the U.S. to ship a congressional map proposal to the governor’s desk. That timeline has elections officers, together with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, warning of tight deadlines as they work to switch voters into new congressional districts of their techniques.
“If the map passes Friday & we get the GIS information Monday, counties have one week to maneuver voters to their new districts within the state voter (registration) system,” wrote Brianna Lennon, the Boone County Clerk, on Twitter this week.
Redistricting loomed giant over the legislative session, turning into a political flashpoint for state and nationwide office-holders and office-seekers, whereas attracting the eye of political circles across the nation as Missouri lagged behind different statehouses.
“Thank goodness we solely do that as soon as each ten years,” mentioned Sen. Invoice Eigel, a Weldon Spring Republican.
Galen Bacharier covers Missouri politics & authorities for the Information-Chief. Contact him at gbacharier@news-leader.com, (573) 219-7440 or on Twitter @galenbacharier.
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U.S. Open Qualifier Jadeon Carter (2025) Sends Verbal Commitment to Missouri
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Jadeon Carter from Lincoln, Nebraska, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Missouri for the 2025-26 school year and beyond.
“I chose Missouri because of the academic resources and the athletic resources they provide. The team culture makes it feel like home and all of the staff and swimmers are very supportive of me.”
Carter is a rising senior at Lincoln East High School. He swims year-round with Lincoln Select Swimming and is a Winter U.S. Open qualifier in the 200 backstroke. In high school swimming, he is the reigning Nebraska state champion in the 200 free (1:41.20) and 500 free (4:35.12). He holds school records in the 200 fre, 500 free, and 200 free relay, and he made the Academic All-Conference and Athletic All-Conference state teams.
In club swimming, Carter holds the Midwestern Swimming LSC record in the boys’ 13-14 500 free. This summer, he clocked a handful of LCM best times at Columbia Sectionals, placing 13th in the 200 free (1:58.08, PB), 13th in the 400 free (4:11.33), 7th in the 800 free (8:36.40), 16th in the 100 back (59.76 in prelims, PB), 6th in the 200 back (2:06.44, PB), and 12th in the 200 IM (2:12.90, PB). Two weeks later he competed at Midwestern Swimming Long Course Championships, where he won the 200/400/1500 free, 200 back, and 200 IM, and was runner-up in the 100 back. He picked up new times in the 100 free (55.39), 1500 free (16:47.07), and (50 back (29.33).
Best SCY times:
- 200 free – 1:41.20
- 500 free – 4:34.01
- 1000 free – 9:38.10
- 200 back – 1:50.43
- 100 back – 52.41
Carter will join the Tigers’ class of 2029 with fellow verbal commits Drew Ploof, Ben Madson, and Sebastian Gonzalez Barboza. Mizzou finished 8th out of 10 teams in the men’s meet at the 2024 SEC Championships.
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Missouri State football vs. Montana today: Live updates, highlights from Week 1 game
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Missouri State football: Ryan Beard previews Montana
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard held his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s opener at Montana.
Missouri State football season has arrived and an offseason of looking to the 2025 season and its impending move to Conference USA will be set aside for the Bears’ final season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and FCS.
Opening day will present quite a challenge.
Missouri State will open its 2024 season at FCS national runner-up Montana on Saturday in Missoula, Montana, at 8 p.m. This is the first time the two teams have met on the gridiron.
Ryan Beard is entering his second season as Missouri State’s head coach. His team will look to build off a 4-7 season while staying focused on this season despite being ineligible for the FCS Playoffs.
Montana finished last season as the FCS national runner-up. The Grizzlies hope to finish the job this season as they enter the season as the No. 3-ranked team in the country.
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Missouri father uses a funeral to wean daughter off pacifier
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The Bishop family of Festus, Missouri, can smile now, but a few months ago the mood was much more somber as Courtney, Jake and their 3-year-old daughter Hazel said goodbye to a very important member of the family: Hazel’s beloved pacifier.
“It’s not good for her teeth and her jaws and all of that, so we had been trying to wean her off of it for some time,” Jake, 35, said.
Hazel’s beloved pacifier, affectionately known as “Paci,” had been with her for years. Jake knew saying goodbye could come with tears and tantrums, so he searched for creative approaches to ease the transition. He considered options such as cutting off the end of the pacifier, soaking it in vinegar or planting it in a pot.
Instead, Jake chose to give Paci a funeral.
Of course, before the internet, parents used to just take the thing away and deal with the tantrum. But today, for better or worse, young parents like Jake would rather not go to war over a binky. They’re “pacy-fists,” if you will.
“You need them to go through some tough times to really grow as a person but you don’t need to make extra tough times for them,” Jake said. “They’ll have plenty of those coming up.”
Parents delight in making milestones, but those milestones are often bittersweet because each turning point is a point of no return.
“She’s transitioning to the next stage of her life,” Jake said of Hazel, their first child. “We just got to hold onto those moments and those memories, because it goes fast.”
Hazel hasn’t asked for Paci again since. Although, shortly after the ceremony, Jake dug it up and buried it again in a keepsake box, making dad the one who just can’t let go.
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