Gov. Mike Kehoe will ask Missouri voters in August to decide whether lawmakers should have new power to expand sales taxes to replace the income tax and whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a higher bar for passage. Kehoe moved four proposed constitutional amendments to the Aug. 4 primary ballot: Amendment 1, renewing a sales […]
Gov. Mike Kehoe will soon choose when several proposed constitutional amendments will appear on the statewide ballot, a decision that could affect whether they pass and the turnout in this year’s elections. Seven constitutional amendments are slated to go before Missouri voters this year, with two more possible ballot measures still awaiting decisions. Five could […]
There could be as many as nine ballot measures before Missouri voters in August and November, including proposals on abortion, taxes, initiative petitions, state parks and congressional redistricting. Seven are already slated for the ballot, while an initiative petition and a possible referendum on congressional redistricting are still awaiting decisions. If all nine appear, it […]
The calendar may have said April 7, but state Rep. Cecelie Williams celebrated her “Independence Day” when Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation …
Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed legislation into law that clarifies a woman’s pregnancy status should not be used to prevent courts from gra…
State Rep. Phil Amato said the “Save MO Babies Act” he is sponsoring needs more work after he and the adoption attorney who wrote the bill wer…
Missourians will vote on Amendment 3, or the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, during the Nov. 5 election.
One evening in April 2022, I stood in my bathroom looking at three positive pregnancy tests in disbelief. I called my husband in to look at th…
When our children were young and playing together a little rambunctiously, my sister had a phrase she often used to admonish them about their …