{"id":9601,"date":"2025-07-30T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=9601"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:54:09","slug":"missouri-republicans-took-your-paid-leave-what-are-you-gonna-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/missouri-republicans-took-your-paid-leave-what-are-you-gonna-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Republicans Took Your Paid Leave &#8211; What Are You Gonna Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To paraphrase wrestler Hulk Hogan, &#8220;What are you gonna do when Republicans run wild on you&#8221;?  In this case running wild refers to the state legislature undermining and repealing the Paid Leave law you voted for last November. The Independent has published<a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2025\/07\/28\/kicked-a-hornets-nest-missouri-gop-repeal-of-voter-approved-laws-inspires-backlash\/\"> &#8220;Kicked a Hornet&#8217;s Nest&#8221;: Missouri GOP Repeal of Voter-Approved Laws Inspires Backlash<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Republican lawmakers\u2019 decision to overturn a voter-approved expansion of paid sick leave means benefits Missouri workers accrued in recent months will disappear on Aug. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not the first time the GOP-dominated legislature overturned voter-approved laws in recent years. But this time, the backlash could have long-lasting consequences.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In the short term, proponents of the paid sick leave law are eyeing a new initiative petition to reinstate the benefit in the state constitution, while abortion-rights supporters expect to raise millions to fend off a new ban.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">But another coalition hopes to go even further.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Missouri-state-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9602\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To paraphrase wrestler Hulk Hogan, &#8220;What are you gonna do when Republicans run wild on you&#8221;? In this case running wild refers to the state legislature undermining and repealing the Paid Leave law you voted for last November. The Independent has published &#8220;Kicked a Hornet&#8217;s Nest&#8221;: Missouri GOP Repeal of Voter-Approved Laws Inspires Backlash&#8230; Republican [&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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9601","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=9601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9603,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9601\/revisions\/9603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}