Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill that would make dramatic changes to the state's initiative and referendum process cleared a Senate committee last week and ...

PARKVILLE, Mo. — As the Missouri Legislature gets set to reconvene for a special session, the Trump-backed redistricting effort is drawing headlines, but it’s another effort that could reshape Show-Me ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Clear. Unbiased. Fair. Accurate. These words drove the conversation at the Respect MO Voters Coalition Policy Summit on Sunday, where voters from around Missouri gathered to decide on ...

Here’s how the state’s century-old citizen initiative process works.

JEFFERSON CITY — House resolutions proposing changes to the state’s initiative process got pushback at a hearing Tuesday. Some said proposed changes would effectively limit voting power of urban ...

Missouri lawmakers will once again consider changes to the initiative petition process in the new year. Several pieces of legislation aimed at altering the process through which voters can approve ...

Although the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution codifies the right of the people to “petition the government for a redress of grievances,” many states do not provide a direct path for such ...

BOISE – A group of Idaho lawmakers hopes to make it harder to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives, kicking off what is likely to be a protracted fight over the rights residents have to enact ...

There isn’t much out there that for a $5 bill in 1913 you could have gotten 101 years later for the same half a sawbuck. As of March 9, that list got even shorter. Earlier this month, Washington ...

Washington’s initiative process is one of the purest expressions of democracy in our state. It gives every citizen the power to propose laws, to check legislative inaction, and to make their voices ...