COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is working with MU and The Community Improvement District to address violence in the downtown area. “Downtown is a vibrant, energetic gathering place, and it is imperative that our residents feel safe in the area,” Police Chief Geoff Jones said in a release. “Our officers will be taking
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According to the Missouri’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, the first to get the vaccine will be patient facing health care workers and long-term care facilities.
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As part of an agreement with property owners, Jefferson City taxpayers will cover almost all of the cost of demolishing a crumbling downtown building.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) When Assessor Chris Estes asked the Cole County Commission to reimburse the expenses he accrued during a trip to Camden County, one member called his request “an abuse of county funds.” “That’s just a disservice to the people of Cole County and we’re just not going to pay for those kinds
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Missouri’s legal expenses totaled $6,064,739 in May, according to the Attorney General report on the Legal Expense Fund. That amount represents the highest monthly total that the fund has expended in at least 18 months. “We represent the people, but we also represent all the different agencies in the state of Missouri,” said Missouri Attorney General
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A report from the Missouri State Auditor’s Office released Wednesday shows the state lost a total of $45,000 in fees and uncollected interest in what the office found was a questionable contract for fingerprinting technology. The audit also outlined an apparent conflict of interest in the method the former director of public safety used in
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Lincoln University in Jefferson City could soon be forced to send more than $3.6M to the federal government on Sept. 30. That money was part of the $7.1 million provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the college last year, as it is one of the state’s two land-grant institutions, the other being the University of
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City leaders have yet to touch money raised from a fee charged to developers for closing streets, sidewalks and parking spots downtown. The Columbia City Council passed an ordinance in Dec. 2016 charging developers by the linear foot of the public facilities it closed for construction. The ordinance states that that money can be used
Continue Reading When Lincoln University severed its ties with the not-for-profit Lincoln University Foundation on Dec. 31, it brought a relationship of nearly 40 years to an end. The move also prompted ABC 17 News to look closely at the reasons for the separation and whether finances played a role the breakup. That examination turned up information
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The Missouri Lottery generated $1,400,216,223 of revenue in 2018, according to unaudited data from the program’s headquarters. Of that sum, $306,072,098 was forwarded to public education. In the 2018 fiscal year, $306,072,098 was allocated to public education, an amount that has steadily grown since the lottery’s inception in the 1980s. For every dollar that was
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