Missouri takes first step toward implementing Summer EBT food program
The state of Missouri has taken the first step toward participating in an enhanced food benefits program for children this summer.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri has taken the first step toward participating in an enhanced food benefits program for children this summer.
Continue ReadingLawmakers gaveled in for the 2024 legislative session Wednesday afternoon with hopes to continue working on many of the priorities that didn’t make it to the finish line last year.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri General Assembly kicked off its 2024 legislative session at noon Wednesday.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order Tuesday that bars ownership of farmland by “foreign adversaries” near military facilities.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson will sign an executive order Tuesday dealing with foreign-owned farmland.
Continue ReadingAfter two years of temporary grants, lawmakers are now pushing a permanent raise to Missouri teachers’ base salary.
Continue ReadingAt least nine bills have been prefiled ahead of the 2024 legislative session suggesting changes to Missouri’s abortion laws, including one that would make mothers who get abortions criminal homicide subjects.
Continue ReadingA southwest Missouri lawmaker has filed a bill for the upcoming session that would see women charged with murder for abortions.
Continue ReadingA Columbia nurse and union member says he’s running for Missouri’s 50th House District to make sure it stays in Democratic hands.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Gaming Commission has been regulating slot machines, casinos and all other wagering in the state for 30 years.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The next head of Missouri’s education department will be Republican Missouri state Sen. Karla Eslinger. She’s a former teacher, principal and school district superintendent. The state announced the appointment Tuesday. She will start as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education effective June 1. Eslinger will remain
Continue ReadingThe Missouri House of Representatives is getting an early start on outlining the state’s budget a month before the state of the 2024 legislative session.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawmakers prefiled 343 on Friday, the first day of prefiling for the 2024 legislative session. Missouri senators and representatives begin filing their proposed legislation on Dec. 1 every year, the month prior to the beginning of the legislative session. Prefiling continues through the rest of the month. The bills are then
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission is working with other counties across Missouri to draft a new version of a law that would provide a property tax freeze for retired residents. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. The freeze has to be put into effect by county
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has turned away an appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion. The state’s Republican secretary of state has suggested wording that would ask voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A state appeals
Continue ReadingThe Cole County Circuit Court is hearing a challenge to Missouri’s voter ID law this week.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s appeal to move a case involving the ballot summary on abortion to the Missouri Supreme Court. Ashcroft previously tried to move the case to the Missouri Supreme Court, but that was overruled and denied. He filed a notice to transfer
Continue ReadingAs the bench trial in the lawsuit against Missouri’s voter ID law continues, witnesses and an expert are expected to testify Monday on the effects of the law.
Continue ReadingTwo Boone County families with transgender children filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against MU Health Care over its policy denying gender-affirming care to minors.
Continue ReadingA judge found a Versailles, Missouri, man guilty Thursday of a felony and four misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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