Oct 30, 2024 · Smoke billows out of the collapsed roof at Critical Mineral Recovery’s lithium-ion battery recycling plant near Fredericktown, Missouri. Nearby residents were instructed to stay inside or — if they were in the immediate vicinity — evacuate after a fire broke out at the facility Wednesday (Madison County 911).

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 and guarantee paid sick leave for ...

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.

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 amendment that would put ...

Nov 15, 2024 · After years of no-limit spending on Missouri politics, voters had enough in 2016. That year, as candidates raked in $65.5 million in donations larger than $100,000, Missourians overwhelmingly adopted a constitutional amendment capping donations to candidates, outlawing direct contributions from corporations and labor unions and banning efforts to conceal where money is coming from.

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 additional ballots.

Dec 31, 2024 · Missouri lawmakers propose a variety of changes to the state's charter school law, including bills seeking to expand charters.

Nov 5, 2024 · Election 2024; Missouri voters approve Amendment 3, overturn state’s abortion ban Leaders of Missouri’s abortion-rights campaign emphasized that while Tuesday’s victory was hard-fought, the path to regaining abortion access in Missouri will be, too

Official Ballot Title: Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase minimum wage January 1, 2025 to $13.75 per hour, increasing $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage would be $15.00 per hour; adjust minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2027; require […]

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).