Voters across Missouri will be deciding the issue of “Right to Work” in the August primary election. The scheduling of the future election date came during the recently-concluded legislative session. Dean Morgan files this report:
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Missouri legislature passes bill with proposed gas tax
The Missouri Legislature has passed a bill that includes a proposed gas tax increase. During House debate on this final day of the regular session, St. Charles Republican Rep. Phil Christofanelli strongly opposes the measure that would ask Missouri voters in November whether the state should boost the tax by 2.5 cents annually for four […]
Missouri legislature has two right to work measures moving fast in last week of session
The Missouri Senate has passed a resolution that would move up the date on a ballot referendum with the hope voters will pass right to work into law. A ballot measure to make right to work a constitutional amendment was soundly defeated in 1978. But Republican Senator Mike Kehoe thinks the business and work environment […]
Affordable Care Act: 2017 saw increase in uninsured Missourians
A new Gallup survey shows that the uninsured rate rose significantly in Missouri in 2017, a year marked by repeated attempts to repeal, sabotage, or weaken the health care programs and protections of the Affordable Care Act. Gallup attributes the dramatic increase in the number of uninsured Missourians to both the uncertainty created by repeated […]
Missouri voters to decide on initiative targeting corruption in government
Volunteers in the Clean Missouri Initiative recently submitted nearly 347,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office – more than double the amount needed to get their issues on a statewide ballot in November. The initiative’s goal is to rid the state of corruption by giving voters the power to decide on limits to campaign contribution and […]
Minimum wage ballot measure a step closer to November vote in Missouri
With just a few days before the cutoff mark to qualify for the November election, a group has passed a hurdle to place a minimum wage hike before voters. Raise Up Missouri collected the necessary signatures for its ballot initiative to qualify for final approval from the secretary of state’s office. Tony Wyche says, contrary […]
Voters to fill vacancy in Missouri House of Representatives
Voters in three area counties are electing a state representative to fill a vacancy in the Missouri House of Representatives. The 39th house district includes the counties of Carroll, Chariton, and Ray with voting continuing until the polls close at 7 o’clock tonight. Candidates are Republican Peggy McGaugh and Democrat Ethan Perkinson. The winner will […]
Elegible voter numbers increase in Grundy County
There are 6,346 eligible voters in Grundy County for the April 4th election. That is 38 more eligible voters than in November and 181 more than last April. There are nine voting precincts for Grundy County, which are the same as in recent years.
North Missouri voters face a multitude of choices at the polls today
Ballots filled with candidates and issues greet voters in today’s general election. Polls throughout Missouri are open until 7 o’clock tonight and KTTN FM 92.3 will have results tonight on local and area races plus reports from Missourinet and AP radio news. Many names are on the ballots beginning at the top with candidates for President and Vice […]
Mercer voters to decide Prop C waiver issue in April
Voters in the North Mercer School District will decide, in April, whether to approve a Proposition C waiver. If approved by voters, Superintendent Dan Owens tells KTTN that his district would receive about $80,000 a year in additional local revenue. It would “lessen the district’s dependency” on the state and federal levels. A simple majority […]
Trenton sales tax approved by voters to kick in first of October
The collection of Trenton’s newest sales tax begins the first of October. That’s according to City Clerk Cindy Simpson who noted the Missouri Department of Revenue will be sending letters around September 10th to local businesses advising them of the increase in the local sales tax. This will be the fourth city sales tax. City […]
Learn all about the tax issue: Trenton Fire Tax “Sparks” interest
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]