A ballot initiative could raise the tax rate on a pack of smokes in Missouri, which is 8x lower than the national average.

A podcast highlighting some of our best stories from the past week: The robots in our lives (and how they might eat our jobs) and what matters in the health care debate.

What are the most important election issues you're thinking about this year? Singer-songwriter Brad Hoshaw gives his answers in verse.

However the Supreme Court decides its ruling will push health-care reform to the top of the campaign debate. Health reform won't go away. The costs of the system are too high. The fiscal, economic and household pressures remain too great. Back to the future won't work.