A battle over voters’ ability to pass pro-worker policies via ballot initiatives in Missouri is the latest escalation of a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Xzavior Jamison, 7, of St. Louis, joins his mother (not pictured) in a demonstration of mostly fast food workers asking for ...

Missouri pays $16.95 per day for a preschooler. The “Fight for $15” movement was born four years ago to demand that the minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour. Its trademark one-day strikes have ...

The Missouri House gave initial approval Monday to legislation that would increase the threshold to pass constitutional ...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, speaks as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, appears in front of the Senate Health, Education ...

Personal stories about struggling to make ends meet appear throughout the report, "Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing." Vee, from Missouri, said her small wage increases don't make a dent in ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved ballot measure gradually raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and requiring employers to provide ...

The legislation would weaken the petition process, which has allowed voters to overturn an abortion ban, raise the minimum ...