By Matthew Sanders, Gabrielle Teiner, Jazsmin Halliburton, Nia Hinson
ABC 17-KMIX TV, Columbia, MO, August 13, 2024
The Missouri Secretary of State's Office said Tuesday ... that the abortion question would be on the November ballot. Questions to raise the minimum wage and guarantee sick leave and to legalize sports gambling in Missouri will also be on the ballot. ...
Joe Chevalier, owner of the Yellow Dog Bookshop in Columbia and supporter of the minimum wage petition, said he thinks its important to protect Missouri's workforce and thinks the measure would help.
"I've always been in favor of keeping the wages rising because I see how low they are in comparison to other states," Chevalier said.
The minimum wage petition received more than [200,000] signatures, which Chevalier says is telling of how Missourians feel about this petition.
"It tells me that a lot of Missourians support this measure and not just people in Saint Louis or Kansas City or Columbia, but all over the state, are in favor of this. It's not just an urban versus rural thing," said Chevalier. ...