COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following President Joe Biden ending his bid for reelection, many Missouri democratic lawmakers are saying it was the right choice. “I think it’s a good decision. I think that’s what America wants. I think that’s what America needed,” said Missouri State Representative David Tyson Smith. “You know, I trust President Biden and
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nia Hinson: So to start I’ll just have you tell me a little bit more about yourself. Dwayne Carey: Uh I’m Dwayne Carey. Boone County Sheriff for the last 19 and a half years. Um I’ve been at the sheriff’s office for almost 35. I was born and raised in Boone
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nia Hinson: Alright, so to start I’ll have you just tell me a little bit more about yourself? Charles Blair: Yes. So my name is Charles Blair uh I’ve been in law enforcement for 36 years. I’ve worked for four different law enforcement agencies uh I have a mast, I’m sorry,
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Aug. 6, Boone County residents will vote to either reelect Sheriff Dwayne Carey or elect his opponent Charles Blair. Carey and Blair both ran for sheriff in 2020, where Carey won with 67% of the vote. In 2020, Blair ran as a Republican. However, both candidates are running as Democrats
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In August, students will return to the University of Missouri’s campus for the 2024 fall semester, months before the presidential election. Students are also returning after former President Donald Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet in an assassination attempt on Saturday during a rally in Pennsylvania. A spokesman for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local politicians in Missouri are reacting after a shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania that officials say is being investigated as an attempted assassination. The shooting left one person dead, including the shooter and two others critically injured. The FBI identified the suspect as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An attack ad from a political action committee backing Attorney General Andrew Bailey highlights his challenger’s arrest while he was in college. The ad from Liberty & Justice PAC puts the two candidates, Bailey and attorney Will Scharf, side-by-side in December 2007. While Bailey was deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army,
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Columbia drivers can expect to see construction on the Interstate 70-Highway 63 Interchange as soon as next month, according to the Improve I-70 project director.
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A Cole County judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the status of a Republican candidate for a local state Senate seat.
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The Missouri Republican Party has joined a lawsuit that seeks to get one of its Mid-Missouri candidates kicked off the ballot.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off
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After a turbulent legislative session, the Missouri Senate decided to end its last day as soon as possible.
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The Missouri Senate passed 50 hours of filibuster Wednesday afternoon, after already breaking the record for the longest filibuster earlier in the day.
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Missouri House lawmakers began discussing and debating the state budget Friday with just hours to get it on the governor’s desk.
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The Missouri Senate started debating the Missouri state budget Thursday morning with just over 24 hours left before the budget is due on the governor’s desk.
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Money from Missouri’s Medicaid program, MoHealthNet, can no longer go to abortion providers or their affiliates.
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Editor’s note: Time elements of this story have been updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) About $50 billion hangs in the balance as lawmakers are approaching the deadline to get the state budget on the governor’s desk. Approval of the more-than $50 million budget needs to be approved by 6 p.m. Friday Even though lawmakers started
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