Missouri Politics Archives

Unilever’s $80 million investment promises economic growth in Jefferson City

March 5, 2024 11:01 AM Matthew Sanders, Hannah Falcon

Gov. Mike Parson is making a stop at Unilever in Jefferson City this morning to make an announcement related to a secret project.

Homes near St. Louis County creek are being tested after radioactive contamination found in yards

March 5, 2024 12:57 PM Associated Press

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination. But activists say the testing needs to be far more widespread. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking

Over 200 Boone County Republicans gather for local caucus: Trump dominates delegates

March 2, 2024 6:21 PM Mitchell Kaminski

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 200 Boone County residents showed up to the Missouri GOP Local caucus on Saturday. It marked the first time the Missouri Republican party has held a presidential caucus since 2012. The Boone County Caucus was held at the Family Worship Center 4925 E. Bonne Femme Church Road. Of the 263 people

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

March 1, 2024 2:23 AM ABC 17 News Team

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

Missouri House Budget Committee approves $2.2 million for southern border

February 28, 2024 11:16 AM Hannah Falcon

The governor’s funding plan to send National Guard soldiers to the country’s southern border has received initial approval.

12 gubernatorial candidates file on opening day for 2024 election

February 27, 2024 10:06 AM Hannah Falcon

Candidates running for any office from U.S. Senate to governor to the state legislature lined up Tuesday at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center.

Missouri educators approve of four-day school weeks

February 26, 2024 11:51 AM Hannah Falcon

As roughly 30% of Missouri school districts have switched to four-day school weeks, a lawmakers aims to incentivize schools to keep students in class five days a week.

Missouri House committee weighs tougher penalties for fentanyl traffickers

February 22, 2024 7:59 PM Mitchell Kaminski

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House Committee on Crime Prevention and Public Safety on Thursday discussed a bill that would crack down on fentanyl traffickers. The debate comes after Gov Mike Parson blamed an increase in fentanyl deaths in Missouri to illegal immigrants during his Tuesday press conference on border security. The House bill

Campaign committee filed for Columbia attorney in Missouri House election

February 22, 2024 4:43 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A campaign committee has been filed for Columbia attorney Jeffrey Basinger the District 50 state House race, according to paperwork filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on Thursday. Basinger’s committee shows he is running as a Democrat. Rep. Douglas Mann (D-Columbia) announced in October that he would not seek reelection, citing mental

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the Missouri National Guard go to Texas?

February 22, 2024 2:33 AM ABC 17 News Team

Gov. Mike Parson said this week that he will send up to 200 members of the Missouri National Guard to Texas to help with Operation Lone Star — that state’s effort to reduce illegal immigration.

Sex ed classes in some states may soon watch a fetal development video from an anti-abortion group

February 22, 2024 2:03 AM Associated Press

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baby Olivia isn’t a real baby. It’s an animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video that has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills in the Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia legislatures would require public school students to

Two Troop F troopers to be in first round of deployments to southern border

February 21, 2024 6:53 PM Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two of the first 11 Missouri State High Patrol troopers to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border will come from Troop F, which serves most of Mid-Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced his plans to send state resources, including troopers and national guardsmen, to Texas to help secure the southern border during a

Anti-abortion advocates push for initiative petition reform

February 21, 2024 10:37 AM Hannah Falcon

Bills that aim to make it harder for Missourians to amend the constitution are advancing in both the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is misinformation on social media a serious problem?

February 21, 2024 2:17 AM ABC 17 News Team

An Olathe, Kansas, man identified himself over the weekend as the man arrested after the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade whose photograph went viral.

Parson cites fentanyl concerns as Missouri plans to send 200 National Guard members to Texas border

February 20, 2024 7:47 PM Mitchell Kaminski

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced his plans to send state resources to Texas to help secure the southern border during a Tuesday press conference. Earlier this month, Parson traveled to the southern border with 13 other governors to show support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star.” Parson described the border

WATCH: Parson says he’s sending 200 National Guard troopers to country’s southern border

February 20, 2024 4:45 PM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson was set to talk Tuesday afternoon about his deployment of Missouri resources to the country’s southern border.

Missouri Freedom Caucus deletes posts erroneously blaming Kansas City shooting on illegal immigration

February 20, 2024 3:04 PM Hannah Falcon

Several Missouri state senators shared now-deleted social media posts claiming a man arrested at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade was an illegal immigrant.

Missouri House votes to ban celebratory gunfire days after Chiefs’ parade shooting

February 19, 2024 7:20 PM Associated Press

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities less than a week after a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. The bipartisan-supported bill passed Monday after a tearful and confrontational debate between Republicans and Democrats over the best

House leadership to stall bills to expand gun access after Super Bowl parade shooting

February 19, 2024 10:52 AM Hannah Falcon

Democratic lawmakers are holding a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss gun laws, “in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade and the gun violence that erupts daily throughout Missouri due to the state’s lax laws.”

Former Boone County clerk announces candidacy for Congress

February 19, 2024 10:56 AM Madison Stuerman

The Republican announced on Monday he is running for the seat that current U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer plans to retire from in December.