The Missouri Senate began debate this week about whether to make it tougher to approve a vote of the people through the initiative petition process. The upper chamber spent several hours Monday and Tuesday debating the proposal. Initiative petitions are a way to...
The Missouri Senate could debate this week whether to make it tougher to approve a vote of the people. The Missouri Freedom Caucus, a small faction of Republican lawmakers, spent the first month of the legislative session holding up business until their priorities...
The campaign for a Republican-led ballot initiative that sought to allow some abortions to resume in Missouri has been suspended, according to multiple media outlets. Republican activist Jamie Corley heads the group Missouri Women and Family Research Fund (MWFRF), and...
The Missouri Democratic Party has officially endorsed efforts to legalize abortion through amending the State Constitution. The party made that announcement following a meeting held Saturday. Eleven ballot initiatives have been approved for circulation so far that...
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson believes the legislature missed a couple of opportunities during the previous session — primarily, reforming the initiative petition process. Missouri House and Senate Republicans have talked about increasing the voter threshold to...
