Jason Hancock
Politics and Policy Reporter | The Missouri IndependentJason Hancock has spent two decades covering politics and policy for news organizations across the Midwest, with most of that time focused on the Missouri statehouse as a reporter for The Kansas City Star. A three-time National Headliner Award winner, he helped launch The Missouri Independent in October 2020.
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St. Louis is arguing the law cited in a lawsuit by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt violates the First Amendment and the supremacy clause. -
The divide between the conservative caucus and GOP Senate leadership played out in competitive primaries across the state. -
Efforts to eliminate lead in school drinking water got a huge boost on Friday, as Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed off on legislation requiring testing and also gave his approval to $27 million in federal funds to help schools install filters. -
The state of Missouri is defending itself with an argument that could deliver "fatal blows" to the Sunshine Law: As long as officials don’t bother to keep records in the first place, they can’t be held responsible for refusing to turn them over to the public. -
Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office argues that even though private emails pertained to public business, they were not public records -
Wildwood-based Torch Electronics, which is accused of operating illegal gambling machines in Missouri, made six $40,000 donations this week to a constellation of political action committees run by its lobbyist, former House speaker Steve Tilley. -
The caps have become a point of controversy, with critics saying they’ve encouraged a monopoly in the medical marijuana program and create the appearance of corruption. -
Even as the Missouri Republican Party itself keeps quiet about the domestic violence allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, a handful of women with prominent roles within the party started calling on him to drop his campaign. -
Mike Parson is scheduled to headline a fundraiser on March 31 for Dave Schatz, the Missouri Senate's president pro tem. -
The website security vulnerability discovered by a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter had been a continual issue for the past 10 to 12 years. -
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud called the ordeal ‘political persecution of a journalist.’ -
The line of questioning revealed in deposition records provides fresh details into an FBI probe that's transfixed state and local politics ever since news of it surfaced in 2019.