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Missouri voters may soon have the chance to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour after a group supporting the effort submitted nearly double the required number of signatures. The proposal would raise the minimum wage from $12.30 an hour to $13.75 an hour next year and then to $15 an hour in 2026. It would also require workers to receive paid sick leave. Missouri voters have previously supported minimum wage increases, and the proposal has a good chance of passing in the fall.

Tenant advocates in San Pablo have submitted over 1,500 signatures to the city, initiating a ballot measure that aims to implement rent control and enhance renter protections. This development is part of a larger trend in the Bay Area, where similar ballot box campaigns have been launched by renter and landlord groups in Berkeley, Concord, Redwood City, Pittsburg, and Larkspur. These initiatives follow the expiration of pandemic eviction moratoriums and rental assistance programs, leaving many residents facing affordability challenges amid the region’s astronomical housing costs.