Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28.

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    4 hours ago

    He also just took away funding for child abuse protection.

    He cares more about professional sports than child sexual abuse.

    Which is ironic because much of the MAGA platform is stopping pedophiles.