But the high 30,000 level foot view, Mark, what do you want people to know about their ballot today?

Yeah, everyone in Missouri will vote on the four amendments that are on the ballot.

Amendment one deals with a state parks tax.

For some reason, this is in the Missouri Constitution.

Every 10 years, it has to be renewed.

And I'm opposed to it.

I'm a no, not because I don't like the parks, but because it evades the budget process.

What do you know about that?

yep okay because in illinois we would have been doing it for a year by now uh so mark cox you go first just give me the elevator pitch for why people in missouri should care about a primary election next tuesday

all right it's important for There are four amendments on the ballot on Tuesday.

You have to know what these are before you walk into the voting booth, because if not, you're going to be really confused by the very small print that they put on the ballot language.

It will not fully explain what's going on here.

And I've got a voter guide out at 971talk.com. You go there and it's the first thing you'll see and it explains all of these.

The big ones, though, are Amendment 4 and Amendment 5.

Amendment 4 would be reforming our initiative petition process.

It said, how can you justify shifting the taxes to elderly, poor, disabled, military, and students? Mark Cox.

Just give me the elevator pitch for why people in Missouri should care about a primary election next Tuesday.

All right, it's important for...

There are four amendments on the ballot on Tuesday.

You have to know what these are before you walk into the voting booth, because if not, you're going to be really confused by the very small print that they put on the ballot language.

It will not fully explain what's going on here.

And I've got a voter guide out at 971talk.com. You go there and it's the first thing you'll see and it explains all of these.

The big ones, though, are Amendment 4 and Amendment 5.

It said, how can you justify shifting the taxes to elderly, poor, disabled, military, and students? Mark Cox.

So tell us more about this coaching program, what it looked like and why it really stood out, how you got involved.

Sure.

So when I began my doctoral studies, that study that I referenced about an all-female prison was one of several academic articles that I read just thinking about the dignity of work.

I still had no idea that I would go down the route I did with regard to this specific prison situation.

But here it is.

A U.S. prison, McKeon, FCI McKeon in Pennsylvania.

The warden there, Brian Keown, reached out to my professor, Dr. Christina Gibson, to share an amazing story, and this is it.

with their team they have a team of people they appreciate the work that they're doing but they don't really know if everyone on their team feels hope or the dignity of their work where do they start