Governor of Missouri Archives

Sedalia health leaders aim to vaccinate 2,200 in drive-thru event

January 30, 2021 7:43 AM Ben Fein

Some Missourians will be receiving their COVID-19 vaccine today in Pettis County as the state continues to roll out mass vaccination sites across the state.

Parson backs tax breaks for Missouri stores ordered closed

January 28, 2021 4:43 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says businesses forced to temporarily shut down because of local COVID-19 mandates should get tax breaks. Parson on Thursday told Missouri Press Association members and reporters that restaurants and other businesses shouldn’t have to pay property taxes for times when they were ordered closed because of

WATCH: Gov. Parson unveils Office of Childhood

January 28, 2021 2:37 PM ABC 17 News Team

Watch the news conference live at 3 p.m.

State of the State address comes amid COVID-19 concerns in capitol, increased vaccines across Missouri

January 27, 2021 7:42 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Parson began the annual State of the State address by touting Missouri’s success in fighting COVID-19, but some were opposed to even having the address in person. Just hours before the 3 p.m. address, the venue was changed from the House Chambers to the Senate Chambers across the capitol.

Gov. Parson to lay out legislative agenda during state of the state address

January 27, 2021 2:15 PM ABC 17 News Team

You can watch live coverage from the address when it starts at 3 p.m.

Gov. Parson says “Missouri has prevailed” in first State of the State of the pandemic

January 27, 2021 3:14 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Gov. Mike Parson touted the ways government was able to work despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s State of the State address, the first such address since the start of the pandemic in March, discussed many of the challenges the state has seen in recent years, including

Parson to divert doses from pharmacies to boost vaccine rate

January 27, 2021 2:31 PM Associated Press

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson plans to divert thousands of unused doses of the coronavirus vaccine from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to other state-enrolled vaccinators to give a boost to the slower-than-expected process. Kelli Jones, the Republican governor’s spokeswoman, says the administration already has requested the return of 25,000 doses from CVS

Missouri leaders already working with new White House on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

January 20, 2021 7:23 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As President Joe Biden moves into the White House, Missouri leaders are already working with the new administration to get out more of the COVID-19 vaccine. Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Dr. Randall Williams said Wednesday he has received details about the plan from the Biden

Parson inauguration focuses on optimism after year of coronavirus pandemic

January 11, 2021 8:29 AM ABC 17 News Team

“We have seen some challenging days together, but when it is hard to find the light, sometimes all you need is a spark to get the fire going again.”

Local law enforcement confident in Missouri inauguration security plan after U.S. Capitol riots

January 11, 2021 11:58 AM Zola Crowder

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. John Hotz said law enforcement set up checkpoints around the state Capitol with a required metal detector scan and a bag search.

Several agencies involved in keeping Governor Parson’s inauguration safe

January 10, 2021 5:51 PM Connor Hirsch

The Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Missouri Capitol Police, has a plan for the inauguration that has been used and updated over the years and that includes “extensive security measures.”

Governor Mike Parson’s Inauguration open to public

January 10, 2021 7:24 AM Ben Fein

On Monday, Governor Parson is set to be sworn in as the 57th Governor of the State of Missouri at the 2021 Bicentennial Inauguration.

Parson unblocks $127M, announces $68M for Missouri colleges

January 6, 2021 7:00 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state colleges are getting $68 million in federal funding to fix up old buildings. Gov. Mike Parson announced the federal funding on Wednesday, along with $127 million in previously restricted state funding that he says now can be spent. Parson last year blocked close to $450 million from the

WATCH: Missouri governor says 66,000 residents have received initial dose of coronavirus vaccine

December 30, 2020 12:34 PM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri’s governor said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that 66,000 residents have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

Sentence of nonviolent drug offender commuted by Parson

December 23, 2020 3:31 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nonviolent drug offender who argued that a change in state law should have made him eligible for parole is among nearly 30 people whose sentences were commuted or who were pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. Gary Mitchell, of Joplin, was handed a sentence of 15 years in prison

Missouri governor pardons 24 and commutes 4 sentences

December 21, 2020 4:38 PM Matt Ragsdale

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office released Monday that he had pardoned 24 people and commuted three other sentences.

Voter advocates urge Parson to extend mail-in option

December 18, 2020 3:24 PM Associated Press

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Dozens of civil rights advocates, faith leaders and others are urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to extend into next year a law allowing more people to cast their votes by mail to reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus through in-person voting. A letter signed by people representing nearly five dozen