In fight over new maps, some Missouri Republicans are reluctant to enter the fray

How's that recovery from the long weekend going? If you look at it this way, the week's already halfway over. Win of the day, if you ask us.

We'll talk about the Missouri redistricting effort today, and we'll take a look at the "new" Delmar Loop.

Clean up after Paint Louis — Paint Louis co-founder and organizer John Harrington whitewashes unauthorized graffiti that was spray painted on a vacant building at the intersection of Chouteau Avenue and South Broadway Avenue in 911�� on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. “We like to care for the community. This is part of what we do after the event, to make it better,” said Harrington. Paint Louis featured more than 400 graffiti artists from around the world who expressed their creativity along miles of the floodwall on South Wharf Street in 911��. Harrington estimates that more than 35,000 people came to see the artist's creations over the three-day event. Harrington and other volunteers will spend several more days cleaning up graffiti that occurred outside of the event’s sanctioned painting area. Harrington says it may or may not have been people who participated in Paint Louis that did the unauthorized painting but that people who are caught spray painting graffiti outside the event are banned from participating in future Paint Louis events.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch

1.��In fight over new maps, some Missouri Republicans are reluctant to enter the fray

The orders to redraw congressional maps came from the president, but some Republicans are hesitating. Here's why:

Rep. Bill Falkner, a Republican from St. Joseph, said he thinks Congress should stick to redrawing maps when the census is done.
A handful of lawmakers said they were waiting on more clarification on the legal questions surrounding the proposal, but they view keeping the U.S. House under GOP control as a plus.

One lawmaker, Rep. Scott Cupps, said the state wouldn't be facing the dilemma if blue states hadn't approved maps after the 2020 census that depress GOP representation in Congress.

However, a Princeton University report on gerrymandering after the 2020 census shows Republican states als drew maps with a heavy partisan bias.

2.��The Delmar Loop is changing. These 6 new restaurants are reasons to celebrate.

The Delmar Loop, like most things, has changed over the years. And while there are spots to miss (movies at the Tivoli or Público and Randolfi’s Italian Kitchen, for example, Post-Dispatch restaurant critic Ian Froeb writes), there are plenty of new spots to celebrate.

Froeb's favorite dish of the entire article? Chole bhature from Gol Bowl. The dish "announces itself with an aggressive garnish: Ribbons of raw onion." There's a blistering heat and a note of tanginess or even sourness.
Movoc represents "the clearest proof yet how international students from Washington University have driven the transformation of Loop dining." The restaurant bridges self-serve convenience and Chinese cuisine.
Noodle Story has a boba-tea bar on the first floor and a kitchen on the second floor for (you guessed it) big bowls of pleasantly chewy wheat noodles.

Save room for dessert.

3.��Mizzou kicker Blake Craig out for season, quarterback Sam Horn out indefinitely

A sports update to end the day: Mizzou is suffering at least two (somewhat temporary) losses to its roster.

Kicker Blake Craig will miss the rest of the season due to a torn ACL.
Quarterback Sam Horn will be out for "an extended but defined period of time" due to an unspecified injury.
Craig's absence is significant because Mizzou has relied heavily on its kickers in recent seasons. Freshman Robert Meyer will assume placekicking duties.

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