NBC News: “After facing defeats at the ballot box in recent years, a handful of Republican state legislatures have pushed to constrain voter ballot initiatives in recent months to limit the ability of progressive policies to leap past them in the lawmaking process.”
“In recent years, minimum wage increases, expansion of voting rights, marijuana legalization and the expansion of Medicaid among other policies have come close or gained enough voter support in conservative states to sidestep deep-red legislatures in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Florida and others.”
