Missouri passed Amendment 3 Tuesday night, enshrining abortion care into the states constitution. What could that mean for West TN?

Republicans, eyeing such a close result, will try to overturn the state’s new right to abortion. It’s just a question of how.

Missouri voters have not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2018, but often support more progressive policies via initiative petition.

Abortion rights have been a major issue in the 2022 midterm election and this year's election after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to abortion and left the issue up to the states.

Missouri voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure aimed at banning ranked-choice voting in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. The proposed amendment to the state constitution will bar

The move to increase minimum wage and require sick leave won a majority of the vote in many Missouri counties that also favored the Trump/Vance presidential ticket.

While Missouri Republicans continued to dominate statewide and legislative politics, they lost a critical fight over abortion rights.

Missouri is the most populous state where a ballot measure could roll back a current ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy.

Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday.

Seven states have new constitutional protections for abortion after the 2024 elections. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign manager Rachel Sweet joins the Weekend to weigh in on the historic moment for abortion rights. Nov. 9, 2024

Mike Kehoe, who was appointed lieutenant governor in 2018, took an early lead Tuesday in the four-person race to become Missouri's 58th governor.

After winning the governor's race, Missouri Republicans swept lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.