COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In Columbia, Suzette Waters has filed to run for the Columbia Board of Education in the April 2022 election. “A quality education means stretching each student to reach beyond what they are doing to find out what they can do,” she said. She has been an active volunteer in her kids’ classrooms
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The letters follow a Nov. 22 Cole County judge’s ruling in Robinson v. Department of Health and Senior Services. Judge Daniel Green ruled non-elected officials cannot issue and enforce public health orders in Missouri. Schmitt told ABC 17 News that his office took time to interpret how the ruling will affect the rest of Missouri before crafting the letters.
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By comparing the seven-day averages of Missouri counties with and without mask mandates in place, DHSS found that both case and death numbers were lower during the peak of the delta variant in counties that enforced mask-wearing.
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The Centralia city government appointed Harlan Hatton as the new police chief during its board of aldermen meeting Monday night.
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The Centralia Board of Aldermen will have a closed-door meeting at 6 pm. Wednesday to discuss details regarding personnel.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Senator Rick Brattin is running for the Republican nomination in the Fourth Congressional District. “I am running for Congress because I believe we need to elect conservatives who will stand up and put America First. We need to secure our border, hold China accountable for dishonest trade practices – including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kip Kendrick announced he is running for Boone County Commissioner. Kendrick is currently the chief of staff for a state senator but has also held administrative positions with Boone County family resources, Columbia College, and the MU School of Journalism. Kendrick represented House District 45 from 2015-2020, including a large portion of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has announced her candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives. According to a press release, Chimene Schwach will run as a Democrat for the House District 46 seat. Chimene Schwach, of Columbia, announced plans this week to run for the Missouri House of Representatives. Schwach will challenge for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia Board of Education member plans to run for re-election. According to a press release from the campaign for Blake Willoughby, he will seek a second term on the board of education. “I am committed to the value of community and this will be a campaign focused on how we can
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Maria Oropallo has filed to run for Mayor of Columbia.
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issouri’s attorney general says he will file a lawsuit on Friday in an attempt to block the federal vaccine mandate for private employers.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council approved a resolution Monday to establish a Ward Reapportionment Committee. Establishing a Ward Reapportionment CommitteeDownload The committee is responsible for recommending to the council, to change the geography of the city’s six wards, based on the 2020 census data. Ward boundaries are reviewed roughly every 10 years to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The filing to run for Columbia mayor and Columbia city council opens on Tuesday morning. Candidates for mayor and city council have until January 11 at 5 p.m. to gain signatures and submit paperwork for a spot in the race. Columbia Mayor Candidates Officially, candidates for the mayoral race cannot file until
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A former Columbia’s sixth ward seat candidate is running for mayor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri adjunct instructor has announced her plan to run for mayor of Columbia. Tanya Heath is expected to file for candidacy in next year’s election. According to a press release from her campaign, Heath is a Hickman High School and University of Missouri graduate. The press release said she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A member of the Columbia Schools Board of Education has announced his plans to run for mayor of Columbia. David Seamon released Thursday morning he expects to run for the position in next year’s election. He was elected to the board of education in June 2020. According to a press release from
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Some Columbia residents expressed confusion toward the language on the special election ballot, so ABC 17 reached out to the Parks and Recreation Department for an explanation on the vote.
Continue Reading The Columbia City Council is set to vote on the approval of a new neighborhood in East Columbia that would add 168 homes to the area.
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The University of Missouri’s mandate ended last week and the City of Columbia says masks won’t be required in most city buildings starting this week. Yet mandates remain in Columbia Public Schools, at MU Health Care and in some other public settings.
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An emergency regulation in Missouri goes into effect Wednesday which requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to turn over all its inspection reports on abortion providers. As the only abortion provider in Missouri, Planned Parenthood said this is a political attack on its Medicaid funding.
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