by Marshall Griffin | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
Nearly 100,000 criminal convictions involving marijuana offenses have been expunged in Missouri since Amendment 3 was passed last year. TV Station KMBC in Kansas City reports that local governments across Missouri are behind on erasing both felony and misdemeanor...
by Anthony Morabith | Mar 20, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
A state lawmaker is proposing an open container law for marijuana in Missouri. It’s called House Bill 295, which would make it an offense for having an open container of marijuana in a vehicle. Violating the law would be a class A misdemeanor. The bill...
by Anthony Morabith | Feb 3, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
Missouri has approved 335 locations to begin selling recreational marijuana as early as today. The approvals are in response to Missouri voters passing Amendment 3 last November. The ballot measure allows adults over the age of 21 to have up to three ounces of...
by Missourinet Contributor | Sep 24, 2020 | Elections, Legislature, News
Nearly 2,000 Buchanan County voters in northwest Missouri will be sent new ballots after receiving absentee ballots with language thrown out by the courts. Some voters in southwest Missouri’s Vernon County were reportedly also given ballots with the wrong...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 31, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
The Missouri Court of Appeals says part of the summary language for the Amendment 3 November ballot measure has “major problems” and needs new wording. In a written court decision Monday, the three-judge panel says the description, written by the Republican-controlled...
