Ashley Aune

If redistricting opponents can convince the courts that the constitution doesn’t authorize mid-decade redistricting, then the map passed earlier this month likely won’t go into effect.

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.

House Speaker Jon Patterson’s no vote caught the attention of detractors of the redrawn congressional map.

Members of the Missouri House are slated to hold committee hearings on the new map, which aims to oust Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City, and limiting amendments on Thursday.

Missouri lawmakers convened during a special session to pass a law that would allow the state to partially pay for new stadiums or stadium improvements.

The bills now go to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who is expected to sign all of them.

The session had been scheduled to end on Friday. It’s the first time in more than 70 years that the House has adjourned early.

The bill now only needs the governor’s signature to become law.

The resolution, if passed by the Senate and then by voters, would repeal the abortion rights currently in Missouri’s constitution that were approved by residents in November.

The bill also would lower the minimum age to acquire a concealed carry permit from 19 to 18.