By Rudi Keller | Deputy Editor
“The challenge is when voters go to the polls and they have all this stuff on the ballot."
– Jonathan Ratliff, political consultant working on renewal of the Missouri parks and soils sales tax.
A streambank stabilization project in southern Callaway County supported by Missouri’s one-tenth cent sales tax for parks and soil and water conservation (photo submitted)This one-sentence cutline should be identical to the caption used on your website (Photo by Name/Newsroom)
by Rudi Keller
Backers of the Missouri parks and soils sales tax tax — a coalition of farmers, state park enthusiasts and environmentalists — would be happier about its chances for renewal if it was the only question on the primary ballot. But it is not. Strong opposition groups have formed to defeat two measures sent to the ballot by lawmakers. Backers worry those campaigns could generate opposition to all ballot proposals.
An employee of Robust Cannabis shows cannabis grown at their facility in Cuba, Missouri (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)
by Rebecca Rivas
The application window to win one of 77 microbusiness marijuana licenses through a lottery selection will open July 13-27. The selection lottery is scheduled to take place on Sept. 9, and the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation expects to issue the licenses in December, according to a press release issued Monday.
Open Democracy, a New Hampshire voting rights group, has spent several years working to improve the registration rate among 18-year-olds. Shown are New Hampshire voters. (Photo by Will Steinfeld/New Hampshire Bulletin)
by Jonathan Shorman
Since Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act in 1993, nearly all states must allow residents to register to vote at motor vehicle offices. But fewer teens are obtaining driver’s licenses today, translating into fewer trips to the local Department of Motor Vehicles and more missed chances to register.
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