The rollback of sick leave protections is the latest example of Missouri officials relitigating and undermining policies enacted by voters through direct democracy.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — 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 state's minimum wage, which voters approved increasing at the same time as the paid sick leave provision, also will no longer rise with inflation.