Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed a measure Thursday repealing the state’s guaranteed paid sick leave law, effective August 28, and ending automatic Consumer Price Index adjustments to the ...

The law, passed as a ballot initiative, had been challenged by conservatives and business groups as a “job killer.” Workers’ rights advocates called its repeal a betrayal.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law that guaranteed paid sick leave to workers just months after voters approved it.