The Labor Secretary tells lawmakers how she’ll handle budget cuts and state lawmakers push back on voter-approved referendums ...

Republican lawmakers are working to cut off ballot measures that enact progressive policies by making it harder for ...

Hours before the adjournment of the 2025 Missouri General Assembly, Republicans overturned the ballot initiatives for abortion and paid sick leave. Missouri Democratic lawmakers now ponder their next ...

Hours before the adjournment of the 2025 Missouri General Assembly, Republicans overturned the ballot initiatives for abortion and paid sick leave. Missouri Democratic lawmakers now ponder their next ...

More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees.

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When Missouri voters approved a ballot measure last November to provide paid sick leave to hundreds of thousands of workers, Andi Phillips felt hopeful. Gone would be the “complicated math ...

Democrats in the Missouri Senate vowed the procedural moves, which are rarely used, would lead to a "painful" response in the ...

“Abortion remains constitutionally protected in Missouri, and we'll knock on ... businesses to provide at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of work. If Kehoe signs the measure ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s voter-approved paid sick leave law officially went into effect Thursday, allowing thousands of qualified employees to begin accruing paid time off.

Most Missouri workers will now accumulate an hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. In addition to staying home due to sickness or injury, workers can also use paid sick leave to care for ...