Missouri Ballot Breakdown: What to Know Before You Vote
Hosts Sarah Owsley and Natalie Wilkins of Empower Missouri break down the key 2026 Missouri ballot measures and explain what each change would mean for voters and communities.The episode reviews Amendment 3 (limits on abortion access with narrow exceptions and language about gender-affirming care), Amendment 6 (strengthening the initiative petition process so the legislature must send voter-approved changes back to the people), Amendment 7 (creates a state endowment fund with unclear fiscal impacts), Amendment 8 (would restrict removal of county sheriffs to the attorney general), and Proposition A (a referendum on newly drawn congressional maps widely criticized as partisan gerrymandering).Empower Missouri’s guidance in the episode: support Amendment 6, oppose Amendment 8 and Prop A, and consider the broader impacts of Amendments 3 and 7; the hosts also remind listeners to make a plan to vote and ensure their voices are heard.
20 Aug 2026
Feeding the Ozarks: Overcoming Production Roadblocks
In this episode of Under the Dome, local producers and advocates discuss the barriers small-scale farmers face in rural Missouri — from confusing cottage food laws to costly commercial kitchen requirements — and share community-driven solutions. Guests describe grassroots farmstands, the promise of community commercial kitchens and farm stops, and how collaboration, infrastructure, and policy change can expand food access and economic opportunity across the Ozarks.
5 Aug 2026
Feeding the Ozarks: Inside Missouri’s Food Bank Network
Hosts from Empower Missouri talk with leaders from Feeding Missouri and Ozarks Food Harvest about how food banks, pantries, and community partners get food to people in their community. The episode explains how donations, purchased food, and federal programs like SNAP work together and why cash donations and volunteers stretch resources further.
The conversation highlights barriers—rising costs, rural access, supply gaps, and policy shocks like SNAP disruptions—and urges collaboration, innovation, and sustained support to strengthen the full food system and reach neighbors in need.
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