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Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the court to overturn a Cole County ruling that declared he had "absolute absence of authority" to question fiscal summary.

The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments July 18 to decide whether the attorney general can override the state auditor and demand changes in the estimated cost of initiative petitions.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the court to overturn a Cole County ruling that declared he had "absolute absence of authority" to question fiscal summary.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Complying with an order to certify the fiscal summary on 11 abortion petitions would be an “affirmative irreversible action” that he is entitled to refuse until

The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments July 18 whether the attorney general can question the estimated cost of initiative petitions.

A judge ruled that the state’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey did not have the authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights from $0 to $12.5 billion of state funds.

The ACLU of Missouri is seeking enforcement of the order directing Bailey to certify the fiscal note to the auditor’s office.

(The Center Square) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri on Wednesday took legal action against Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey for not obeying a court order within

Police and investigators spent over two hours on scene of a shots fired call in central Columbia Wednesday afternoon.

A Missouri judge on Tuesday gave the state's attorney general 24 hours to certify how much it would cost the state to put an abortion rights initiative petition on the ballot.