Missouri Politics Archives

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.

St. Charles-based firm gets first Interstate 70 improvement contract

February 14, 2024 10:16 AM Hannah Falcon

A builder with contracts in states from the Southeast to the Southwest, including several in Missouri, will build the first phase of an expanded Interstate 70.

Missouri senators end second day of ‘ballot candy’ debate on initiative petition reform with no vote

February 13, 2024 12:01 PM Hannah Falcon

Missouri’s Senate returned to the Capitol on Tuesday morning to continue its debate from Monday night on reforming how constitutional questions make the ballot.

House committee hears testimony on bill to ban corporations from claiming unborn babies as employees

February 13, 2024 5:03 PM Hannah Falcon

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri lawmaker is pushing to ban corporations from claiming unborn babies as employees after the untimely death of a pregnant Missouri Department of Transportation employee. Kaitlyn Anderson was 25-years-old and six months pregnant with her son, Jaxx, when she died in 2021. A loophole in Missouri law led to Anderson’s

Super Bowl bets increase 22% nationally; attempts still blocked in Missouri

February 12, 2024 12:02 PM Hannah Falcon

Although the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Missouri continues to lose out on sports betting revenue.

Bust honors former governor Mel Carnahan; Jean Carnahan memorial set

February 9, 2024 10:35 AM Madison Stuerman

A bronze bust was dedicated to Mel Carnahan on Thursday in Carnahan Gardens at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion, two days ahead of his late widow’s public memorial service.