{"id":8997,"date":"2025-02-02T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2025-02-02T08:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T14:16:11","slug":"how-the-fight-over-2-major-voter-approved-ballot-measures-is-playing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/02\/02\/how-the-fight-over-2-major-voter-approved-ballot-measures-is-playing-out\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Fight Over 2 Major Voter-Approved Ballot Measures Is Playing Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PBS has this follow-up on the Minimum Wage\/Paid Leave measure that passed in Missouri last November. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/how-the-battles-over-abortion-minimum-wage-are-playing-out-in-missouri\">How the fight over 2 major voter-approved ballot measures is playing out<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fields Figueredo said the ability to vote by ballot measure often receives support from voters on both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at how the votes were cast in Missouri, both of these initiatives transcends partisan lines really at a time of hyperpartisanship,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen people come together and we see strong citizens support for measures regardless of party affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the state say the effort by some Republicans to raise the threshold is \u201ca power grab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I see is a denial of a democracy to the citizens of the state of Missouri,\u201d Democratic state Rep. Joe Adams told PBS News last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/new-year-new-missouri-illinois-laws\/pxl_20241229_203926758\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8897\" src=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_203926758-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_203926758-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_203926758-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_203926758-1024x771.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS has this follow-up on the Minimum Wage\/Paid Leave measure that passed in Missouri last November. How the fight over 2 major voter-approved ballot measures is playing out&#8230; Fields Figueredo said the ability to vote by ballot measure often receives support from voters on both sides of the aisle. \u201cIf you look at how the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[96,263,289],"class_list":["post-8997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-laws","tag-minimum-wage","tag-paid-leave","tag-proposition-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8998,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions\/8998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}