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On Wednesday, the Belton, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce, alongside its neighboring community chamber, hosted a town hall on the topic of minimum wage law changes.

Last year, Missouri voters passed Proposition A, a ballot measure that 58% of Missourians approved to guarantee paid sick leave for workers, with incremental increases to the minimum wage based on inflation.

Missouri State Rep. Sherri Gallick (R-Belton) was the keynote speaker at Wednesday's meeting. Rep. Bill Irwin (R-Lee's Summit) also stood alongside her.

Rep. Gallick sponsored Missouri House Bill 567, legislation that modifies employee compensation and repeals paid sick leave provisions.

"Our job as legislators is to look at things and see if there are any unintended consequences on someth

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