Missouri Senate

The group People Not Politicians announced Friday that it plans on gathering signatures to prevent the new congressional map from going into effect until there’s a statewide vote.

Missouri senators are expected to debate and then vote Friday on redistricting that seeks to oust Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver as well as a plan to make it harder to pass citizen-led constitutional amendments.

The effort, called for by President Donald Trump, is designed to increase Missouri’s Republican seats from six to seven. Only one seat would be safe for Democrats.

While the legislation containing storm relief and the stadium funding both passed committee, some senators have already expressed concern over the bills.

The St. Louis County Democrat is a longtime skeptic of publicly funding stadiums, which will be discussed in the special legislative session.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe got many of his priorities passed.

The legislation repeals the entire earned sick leave portion of Proposition A as well as a portion of the minimum wage increase.

Some legislators in both chambers objected to the move since the House unexpectedly failed to pass the part of the budget funding capital improvement projects across the state last week.

With just days remaining in the 2025 legislative session, unfinished Republican priorities include addressing Amendment 3 and Proposition A.

The Missouri House declined to pass one budget bill that contained hundreds of millions of dollars for capital improvement projects across the state.