Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
In this snippet from the recent Week in Review Special, "On the Ballot", Nick Haines and panelists Brian Ellison (KCUR), Meg Cunningham (The Beacon), Beth Vonnahme (UMKC), and Matthew Harris (Park University) discuss the ins an outs of Missouri Amendment 6 which asks voters to amend the Missouri Constitution to allow state courts to charge administrative fees that will provide pensions and other compensation to former sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and circuit attorneys.
This amendment is in direct opposition to a unanimous 2021 Missouri Supreme Court ruling that deemed a $3 charge for all court cases in the state to fund sheriffs’ retirement benefits unconstitutional.
The Missouri General Assembly approved the addition of this measure on the final day of its spring legislative session.
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In this snippet from the recent Week in Review Special, "On the Ballot", Nick Haines and panelists Brian Ellison (KCUR), Meg Cunningham (The Beacon), Beth Vonnahme (UMKC), and Matthew Harris (Park University) discuss the ins an outs of Missouri Amendment 6 which asks voters to amend the Missouri Constitution to allow state courts to charge administrative fees that will provide pensions and other compensation to former sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and circuit attorneys.
This amendment is in direct opposition to a unanimous 2021 Missouri Supreme Court ruling that deemed a $3 charge for all court cases in the state to fund sheriffs’ retirement benefits unconstitutional.
The Missouri General Assembly approved the addition of this measure on the final day of its spring legislative session.
Flatland is your local nonprofit news source powered by Kansas City PBS and committed to providing context and solutions to some of our region’s biggest challenges.
flatlandkc.org
facebook.com/FlatlandKC
instagram.com/flatland_kc
