Missouri governor names Catherine Hanaway
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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe introduces nominee Catherine Hanaway, who will become attorney general in September. The two spoke on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Jefferson City. Video provided by the governor's office;
Catherine Hanaway will assume the role of Missouri Attorney General on September 8, when Attorney General Bailey is sworn in as co-deputy director of the FBI.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.