Three citizen-led ballot initiatives will appear on Missouri’s November ballot. They are: Amendment 2 — Amend Missouri’s constitution by legalizing sports betting in Missouri Amendment 3 — Amend Missouri’s constitution by removing...
A proposal to raise Missouri’s minimum wage is a step closer to making it onto the November ballot. The group Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages turned in more than 210,000 signatures last Wednesday to the Secretary of State’s office. If passed,...
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley voted Friday against adding a minimum wage hike to the current COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate, but is calling for a higher minimum wage — and a tax credit — for some blue-collar workers. Hawley, in a stand-alone bill,...
Missourians making minimum wage will get a raise January 1. The Missouri Department of Labor has announced the state’s minimum wage will increase 15 cents from $7.35 to $7.50 at the start of the new year. State law requires minimum wage be calculated annually...
Election Day is drawing closer and the sides in the minimum wage ballot initiative are doing what they can to get out their messages. Approval of Proposition B would raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.50 an hour and would tie future increases to the cost of...
