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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will border policy be the biggest issue in the 2024 presidential election?

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both leading candidates for the 2024 presidential election — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — made trips to the southern border this week. Discussions about migrants crossing the border has been a hot political issue within the past several weeks, with Gov. Mike Parson announcing he is sending more

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Trump can still run in 2024 election

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former President Donald Trump faced a Manhattan Judge Tuesday for an arraignment. Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to the Associated Press. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be criminally charged, but despite being charged the former president says he still

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Missouri advocate for quality long-term care weighs in on President Biden’s efforts to help nursing homes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden announced his plan to overhaul nursing home quality, including minimum staffing levels and steps to increase inspections while continuing to keep COVID-19 under control. Marjorie Moore, the executive director of VOYCE, a St. Louis nonprofit that advocates for quality living across long-term care, says the pandemic was not easy

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More than 57,000 Missourians could be mandated to get vaccine pending White House decision

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The White House is strongly considering requiring federal employees to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, or submit regular testing and wear a mask at all times. On Tuesday, Pres. Joe Biden said this was “under consideration,” and is expected to announce the mandate Thursday. According to data from Missouri’s Economic Research

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Biden’s American Families plan to offer free college for American students

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ahead of his first address to Congress Wednesday. The plan includes having universal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds and It will provide Americans two years of free community college. The American Families Plan will also provide direct support to families to make sure

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Biden expected to announce new vaccination goal in his first White House news conference

Watch the news conference scheduled for 12:15 p.m. live in the player below. President Joe Biden is scheduled to participate in his first presidential news conference on Thursday, where he’s expected face a wide-ranging set of questions about the most pressing issues, including the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state of the economy,

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President Trump could return to the White House as soon as Monday

WASHINGTON D.C. (KMIZ) The President’s multidisciplinary medical team said President Trump could be discharged from the hospital as soon as Monday. The medical team gave an update outside of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Sunday around 10:45 a.m. During the update, Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump’s physician, mentioned they provided the President with oxygen on

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