Two years later, the ballots are opened

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning,

In St. Louis, Rebecca Rivas reports that marijuana workers spent more than two years waiting to learn whether their ballots would count after their employer argued they fell outside federal union protections.

Meanwhile, Bridgette Dunlap argues in a commentary tis morning that Missouri’s new anti-abortion law could reach into some of the most painful moments families face — not because of what lawmakers say they intended, but because of how doctors and hospital lawyers may have to read the statute.

by Rebecca Rivas

After years of sealed ballots and legal arguments over whether post-harvest cannabis workers qualify for federal union protections, Sinse employees finally learned the result of their election.

by Bridgette Dunlap

The so-called “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” is part of a longstanding strategy of abortion opponents using the tragedies of aspiring parents who have to end wanted pregnancies in order to stigmatize and restrict all abortion.

by Alex Brown

Desperate to get a handle on rising property insurance costs driven by natural disasters, some state lawmakers are opening up a new line of attack in the effort to force oil companies to bear the cost of climate change effects.

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