Business groups file legal challenge to voter-approved minimum …
Dec 9, 2024 · Missouri’s new law boosting the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for workers should be thrown out because it violated constitutional rules on ballot initiatives, a coalition of business advocacy groups argued in a lawsuit filed Friday.. Proposition A, a ballot measure that passed by a wide margin, would increase the state’s minimum wage on Jan. 1 …
Missouri voted for abortion-rights amendment and Republicans …
Nov 7, 2024 · Missourians voted Tuesday night to protect abortion rights, raise the minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave for workers. They also voted by wide margins to send Republicans to Jefferson City who vehemently oppose those proposals and may try to roll them back.
Flat tax proposals aim to put Missouri on path to eliminate income …
Dec 11, 2024 · Six Republicans in the Missouri Senate want to start the debate over whether to eliminate the state income tax with a move to a 4% flat tax. Among the bills filed in advance of the 2025 legislative session are identical proposals to move to a flat tax that also include provisions that would slowly reduce the rate to zero. Part of that plan is a proposed constitutional …
Missouri appeals court backs highways commission on raises for …
Nov 26, 2024 · Missouri Department of Transportation employees are entitled to raises included in a market pay plan even if lawmakers haven’t appropriated enough money to cover the cost, the Western District Missouri Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.. In the unanimous decision, Judge Gary Witt wrote that the Missouri Constitution is unambiguous in the power it gives to the …
Missouri Supreme Court voted 4-3 to keep abortion on ballot, …
Sep 20, 2024 · The decision to keep a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion on the November statewide ballot was decided by a narrowly-divided Missouri Supreme Court, according to opinions released Friday.. The majority opinion was written by Judge Paul Wilson, with Chief Justice Mary Russell, Judge Robin Ransom and Judge Brent Powell concurring.
Missouri business groups weigh challenge to voter-approved …
Nov 7, 2024 · A coalition of Missouri business advocacy groups says they’re exploring multiple avenues to challenge the implementation of Proposition A — a measure that Missouri voters passed on Tuesday that will raise the state’s minimum wage and guarantee sick leave for …
Spending on Missouri ballot measures nears $100 million as …
Oct 29, 2024 · Winning for Missouri Education, the committee promoting Amendment 2 on next Tuesday’s ballot, reported Monday that it has raised $40.25 million since beginning its initiative campaign in January (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images).
Missouri anti-abortion officials lied to multiple courts (and voters ...
Dec 19, 2024 · Supporters of Amendment 3 celebrate on Sept. 10 on the steps of the Missouri Capitol after the state Supreme Court ruled the abortion-rights measure could remain on the ballot (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).
Appeals court rules Missouri attorney general did not violate …
Jan 28, 2025 · “This case presents a unique question for which we have found no direct precedent – application of (Sunshine Law exemptions) to records created by a public governmental body in responding to a previous Sunshine Request where the threatened litigation concerns the public governmental body’s handling of that previous records request,” Judge …
Margin on Missouri sports betting amendment narrows as …
Nov 18, 2024 · A late report adding nearly 10,000 votes to Christian County’s election results has narrowed the margin for Missouri’s sports betting amendment and put it in range for a possible recount.. The official results from Christian County, certified last week, increased the county’s vote total on Amendment 2 by 9,653, with a margin of 3,995 votes against sports betting among the …