By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning.
Supporters say Amendment 4 would protect rural Missouri from big-money ballot campaigns driven by the state’s cities.
But opponents outside Missouri’s largest metro areas say the measure would do the opposite — making it harder for voters to bypass Jefferson City when lawmakers refuse to act.
Today’s lead story looks at how the Aug. 4 fight has become a debate over who speaks for rural Missouri.
(Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)
by Jason Hancock
Recent citizen-led initiatives have expanded Medicaid, legalized recreational marijuana, approved sports betting and added abortion rights to the Missouri Constitution. Each passed statewide. Each was opposed by much of rural Missouri.
(photo by Emma Noble)
by Emma Noble
Lawrence, Kansas, has become a media darling : the non-metropolitan outpost in a red state that’s shown visitors from a Muslim country what Midwest nice is all about.
(Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)
COMMENTARY
by Jason Hancock
Every good hustle needs a snappy name, and for a long time Missouri had a beauty: gray market games.
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