The Missouri Supreme Court denied a request Wednesday by Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. that would have prevented the certification of Tuesday's recall election results.

Politics is not getting any gentler in one of Missouri's most contentious state House districts, where two St. Charles County Republicans are locked in a battle that features criminal charges, accusations of lying and civil lawsuits.

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The state's new congressional map uses Troost Avenue as a dividing line, and groups majority Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City with rural communities in the middle of the state. Community leaders worry the new divide will mean the needs of underserved urban neighborhoods go ignored.