Ballot Initiatives

The Warrensburg Republican has been in the middle of efforts to legalize sports betting and to allow businesses to have video lottery machines on their premises.

Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers.

Group isn’t giving up on the proposal that would change how Missourians vote in statewide, congressional and state legislative contests.

Missouri lawmakers have made moves to undo voter-approved initiatives — and make it harder for constitutional amendments to be enacted. But efforts to curb the initiative petition process are getting bipartisan pushback.

The Missouri legislature is considering a number of proposals that would change how ballot initiatives get before voters and the requirements needed to vote.

The St. Louis Democrat recently left the General Assembly after becoming the first person to serve two consecutive four year terms in the 5th District since J.B. "Jet" Banks.

The St. Louis NAACP and the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council announced plans Wednesday to force a public vote on whether the city can…

State Rep. Wiley Price is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast. The St. Louis Democrat talked extensively about his first few months in…

Missourians will get three different chances this fall to legalize medical marijuana — as well as potentially raise Missouri’s minimum wage and alter the…

A constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana could be on the November ballot in Missouri.On Friday, the group A New Approach submitted the…