The Missouri NAACP sued to block lawmakers from meeting in a special session. Now that the special session has concluded, the lawsuit has become moot, the attorney for the state said.

State Sen. Lincoln Hough voted against efforts to end debate on gerrymandering and initiative petition bills — and was swiftly removed as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Walking/bus tours are available through November 1 and take participants to historic downtown Springfield buildings.

The special session featured a number of unprecedented actions that would have been unthinkable before July when it became clear that Missouri would join other states overhauling their congressional lines.

Hear reporting on fallout from the special session of the Missouri legislature that wrapped up in the Senate last Friday. We'll also have reporting from last Friday's dedication of blunt hall on the MSU campus.

A group called People Not Politicians announced Friday that it's gathering signatures to prevent the new congressional map from going into effect until there's a statewide vote.

The 77,000-square-foot addition includes new labs and equipment as well as offices.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra opens its 91st season, Western swing in the Ozarks and beyond, Grateful Dead music comes to downtown, and an Emmy Award winning actor brings Mark Twain to the stage of Hammons Hall.

Gentle Care Animal Hospital in Nixa has the same name as a clinic in Edmond, OK whose owner made a post on social media regarding Kirk's death, but there is no affiliation between the two businesses.

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.