Ballot Initiatives

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…

Less than two weeks after the November 2014 election, only three proposed initiative petitions for the 2016 ballot had been filed with the Missouri…

Of the four constitutional amendments passed by Missouri voters on Tuesday, rumblings have started about legal challenges to three of them.The most basic…

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill understands why people are fed up with the election. But “that’s no excuse to check out of democracy or give up the freedom…