Show-Me Abortion Fight: Can Pro-Life Voters Flip GOP Majority?!?!

A glimpse at culture war and public policy . . .

Quick TKC aside . . . This one MIGHT actually be worthy of putting in the state constitution one way or another . . . Check-it . . .

So proponents are looking to make an end run around intransigent lawmakers and put these questions directly to voters through the state’s initiative petition process. It’s a method that has been used repeatedly in recent years, including efforts to repeal a right-to-work law, expand Medicaid eligibility and legalize marijuana.

And Republican lawmakers have seemingly had enough . . . “Through this process,” Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia continued, “our constitution has been inundated with words and policies about bingo and marijuana that belong in our statute books and not in our state’s guiding document.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

With abortion fight likely looming, Missouri GOP looks to raise bar to change constitution * Missouri Independent

A handful of proposals to raise the state's minimum wage have been submitted to the Missouri Secretary of State's Office to potentially put the issue on the 2024 ballot. Other proposals would guarantee paid sick leave for Missouri's workers or establish ranked-choice voting.

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