The gridlock is over. The Missouri Senate gave initial approval today to a bill that would make it tougher for voters to change the state Constitution. Missouri Senate Democrats held up floor voting on a proposal for over 20 hours Monday night into Tuesday. It would...
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...
State Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, hopes to bring back a proposal in 2024 that would make it tougher to pass initiative petitions. Eigel, a Republican running for governor, says in addition to the simple 50% plus one simple majority, he is proposing a second...
A criminology professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is touting a proposed ballot initiative that would allow counties across Missouri to enact their own firearms restrictions. Richard Rosenfeld is part of a group hoping to get the issue on next year’s...
