COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers from the union chapter LiUNA 955 are demanding better pay from MU Health Care, ahead of wage negotiations planned for later this month. About three dozen workers gathered outside of University Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, with the hopes of making MU Health Care hear their concerns. According to union representative Andrew
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at the Shangri-La Dispensary in south Columbia are no longer unionized. Union workers collectively negotiate with their employer for better wages, benefits and working conditions. Workers fought to unionize at the south Columbia dispensary in early 2023. Workers told ABC 17 News at the time claimed the company retaliated against workers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren Missouri applied last week with Missouri’s utility regulators to build a 2.5-megawatt solar power facility in Callaway County. The utility is asking for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to build and operate the facility, known as the Reform Solar Project. Ameren said it June that it would restrict access to
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been updated to correct information about the Puri Group’s purchase of the property. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a decade after its closure, the Truman Hotel is coming down. Puri Group Enterprises, the building’s owner, said Tuesday that criticism from the community over the deteriorating building was the motivation behind
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Increases in rent and medical costs drove Midwest inflation in July compared to the year before, but prices for food and energy fell for the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Year-over-year inflation in the Midwest, including Missouri, was up 2.6% in July, the bureau stated in a news release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state revoked a Columbia liquor store’s license to sell alcohol this week after the owners failed to answer multiple allegations. The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control revoked Spring Creek Liquor and Convenience Store’s license on Thursday after the owners did not appeal, a state spokesperson told ABC 17 News.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Homeowners living near the site of a planned subdivision in east Columbia are raising concerns about traffic and other issues. Troy Miller Properties LLC is asking the City of Columbia to approve a development plan for 77 new housing units on 24.13 acres off East Broadway near the Brooks subdivision. The Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a fire that severely damaged a well-known bar in downtown Columbia earlier this month is still under investigation, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. McNally’s Irish Pub on Sixth Street caught fire on July 1. The fire started in the main room of the bar, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the American Beer Act earlier this month, which will reduce excise tax on beer sold in Missouri. All beer made in America will be taxed at 2 cents per gallon when sold in Missouri. Kehoe signed the bill at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. The new
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Opinion in marijuana sales tax caseDownload JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled local governments cannot stack their marijuana sales taxes on top of each other. The ruling, issued Tuesday, prohibits local governments from imposing taxes in incorporated areas where a local sales tax already exists. For example, a county can’t charge
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The company planning to build a high-voltage transmission line for wind energy across Missouri has asked the courts to stop the attorney general’s demands for documents. Grant Belt Express filed a petition in Cole County Circuit Court on Wednesday, asking a judge to kill Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s civil investigative demand
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and University of Missouri Health Care said Tuesday that they had reached a deal to bring about 90,000 Anthem customers back into the MU Health Care network. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in the news release announcing it. “I’m joining the tens of thousands
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Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday rolled back a major change to Missouri employment law. Kehoe signed legislation that will repeal the mandate that employers provide paid sick leave under Proposition A, which voters approved last year. Many business interests opposed the measure when it was on the ballot and argued after its passage that it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission has rezoned property for a proposed subdivision that will add 219 units to the county’s housing stock. The new development, Willow Creek East, will be built off St. Charles Road, east of Columbia. The proposal — by Crockett Engineering — includes single-family lots, cottage lots and accessory dwelling
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County leaders said Wednesday that they back an effort by Boone Health to find a “strategic partner” to help grow its operation. The Audrain County Commission, County Health Department and Boone Health signed a letter of intent in October 2024 to begin building a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico. Audrain
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A leader of the Missouri Senate said Tuesday that she wants MU Health Care to accept terms offered by insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield by the end of the week. “This contract needs renewed this week,” Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) wrote on Facebook. “I have contacted a few
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Daily Tribune’s downtown printing press will close in September, moving the printing of the century-old paper to Iowa. The Columbia Daily Tribune announced parent company Gannett’s decision in a story on Tuesday. The company told staff on Tuesday about the closure and transfer of printing and packaging to the company’s
Continue Reading (Editor’s note, 7/8: This story has been updated with a new quote from Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health is seeking a partner to help it expand, according to the independent system’s top executive. Boone Health announced on Tuesday its search for a possible new “strategic partner.” Boone Health wants to find
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that he is demanding documents to back up the claims made about the Grain Belt Express wind energy project. The project will cross Missouri to deliver power from western wind fields to Illinois. The route will run through Mid-Missouri and a connection is planned
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Columbia Mo. (KMIZ) The Trader Joe’s store is expected to open sometime in 2025, but no official timeline has been released. ABC 17 News spoke with construction crews at the site, who say progress is moving smoothly and they expect to finish work within the next few weeks. Benjamin Zeitzmann with Musick Construction says when
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