Minimum Wage

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 3, 2012 - Legal challenges won’t go forward to get initiatives raising the minimum wage and…

A Missouri appeals court has ruled that language used to summarize a ballot proposal giving St. Louis city control of its police department is fair.The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 31, 2012 - The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for three ballot initiatives to appear…

Ill. parents reminded about back-to-school vaccinesIllinois health and education officials are reminding parents to update their children's immunizations…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 6, 2012 - Activists involved in two initiative-petition drives – to cap payday loan rates and to…

A judge has upheld the ballot summary of a proposed initiative asking voters to raise the state's minimum wage.Missouri currently follows the federal…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 23, 2012 - A few months ago, more than 140 initiative-petition proposals were approved for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 10, 2011 - When Gov. Jay Nixon appeared this afternoon at the Donald Danforth Plant Science…

McCreery wins St. Louis County House seat, Sommer wins St. Charles County seatA Democrat who ran as an independent after losing out on her party's…

Missouri voters could be asked next year to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.25.The secretary of state's office on Tuesday approved the summaries on…