Missouri teens could soon earn less than the state’s minimum wage. A bill pre-filed for the upcoming legislative session would allow employers to pay workers under 18 a lower rate. Missouri Republican State Senator Joe Nicola, who represents part of the Kansas City...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s bill signing pen may run out of ink by next Monday. He’s scheduled to sign nearly 40 bills into law by the 14th, the final day he’s required to take action on bills passed earlier this year. On Wednesday at the State Capitol, he’s scheduled...
Several business groups are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn the voter-passed Proposition A, which will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 and mandate paid sick leave. They contend that Prop A violates the requirement that ballot...
Missouri voters passed Proposition A, which will raise the state’s minimum wage and mandate sick leave for all employees. The current minimum wage of $12.30 an hour will go up next year to $13.75 an hour, then to $15 an hour in 2026. As it is now, Missouri’s minimum...
Missouri voters will get to decide whether the state’s minimum wage should be higher and whether all employers should offer paid sick leave. Proposition A is one of three citizen-led initiatives that made it onto the November ballot. Richard von Glahn, campaign...
