JEFFERSON CITY — Planned Parenthood sued the state Wednesday to object to the language in two proposed anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell funding ballot initiatives.
The lawsuits, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, seek to stop the approval of language for a ballot initiative that…
JEFFERSON CITY — It’s entirely too early to be able to determine how many ballot initiatives Missouri voters will see on the November 2010 ballot, but they will have plenty of opportunity to sign petitions at the grocery store between…
When Joe Biden spoke about stem cell research this morning in Columbia, it was in response to a question about how the campaign would embrace members of the disabled community. At the time, the stem cell research line got big applause,…
Seeking to turn a liability into a strength, the latest ad from Attorney General hopeful Chris Koster frames his switch from Republican to Democrat as a tough decision based on principles, not politics.
That is, of course, a stark contrast to the…
The latest ad reports from Campaign Media Analysis Group, a firm that monitors such spending for the Post-Dispatch, shows that in the GOP contest for governor – state Treasurer Sarah Steelman is the big spender.
She spent almost $120,000 on TV ads last week,…
Today, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals issued its decision regarding the disputed ballot summary language that Secretary of State Robin Carnahan had issued for a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at barring some of the types of embryonic stem-cell research now allowed…
Could an anti-affirmative action amendment on the state’s November ballot impact the presidential election?
Missouri is one of five states - joining Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma - targeted by a group pushing a ballot question that would end racial or gender…
The Associated Press reports that “A judge rewrote the ballot language Wednesday for a proposed constitutional amendment banning a particular kind of embryonic stem cell research after supporters claimed the state’s original description was biased.”
The story notes that it’s second…
