The move to increase minimum wage and require sick leave won a majority of the vote in many Missouri counties that also favored the Trump/Vance presidential ticket.
One of the measures on Missouri's November 5 ballot is Amendment 6, which relates to levying fees to equip law enforcement with improved benefits.
Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday.
Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, ending an abortion ban imposed by Republican officials more than two years ago.
Missouri voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure aimed at banning ranked-choice voting in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. The proposed amendment to the state constitution will bar
The couple, a 73-year-old woman and 70-year-old man, were driving in Wright County around 5 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, when their vehicle was swept away in flash flood waters from Beaver Creek, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a ruling that struck down the nearly 50-year nationwide right to abortion, proving that abortion opponents can win on ballot measures.
Bill DeWitt III, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, applauded the results Wednesday morning. “It's a great result for Missouri,” he said. “And it's good for the teams.”
Chuck and Cathie Baldwin were driving in the dark early on Election Day to work a shift at their polling place in rural Missouri when floodwaters overtopped a creek and swept their vehicle off the road.
Five states voted on some kind of minimum-wage changes. Missouri passed an increase, while Massachusetts rejected a measure related to tipped workers.
Abortion-rights supporters announced a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Missouri abortion restrictions a day after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.