Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday moved to the Aug. 4 ballot a pair of proposals that seek to replace the income tax with ...

The phrase “our democracy,” constantly repeated by politicians and the media, is an inaccurate description of the form of government established by the Constitution. The United States was founded as a ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

It only took 20 pages for the Supreme Court of Arkansas to set back both reproductive autonomy and direct democracy in a state on the cusp of delivering a powerful signal on abortion access. Four of ...

In Arkansas, we the people have a constitutional right to shape our state’s future through ballot initiatives. Our state constitution grants citizens the power to propose and vote on changes to the ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A fight over how easy it should be to change the state's constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ballot initiative. 'Protect AR Rights' is now the ...

Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

Since 1906, Montana has been able to make laws two ways — through our elected representatives and through direct democracy (or the peoples’ vote — ballot issues). Initially, ballot issues were ...

The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a Republican plan to overhaul the state’s most visible form of direct democracy by making it harder for voters to amend the Missouri Constitution. The initiative ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and senatorial aspirant in Zamfara State, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has stated that he will not step down for any other aspirant. He believes that ...