Missouri budget bill includes funds for AI weapon detection systems in schools
The Missouri legislatures passed a $51 billion fiscal 2025 state budget Friday, including funding to implement firearm detection software in schools.
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Missouri legislature passes $51 billion state budget Friday afternoon
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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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri’s attorney general defend three state senators against defamation?
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson made known his feelings Thursday about the misinformation spread on social media about a Kansas man after a deadly shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
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Missouri Senate passes state budget Thursday evening; final vote from House needed
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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Planned Parenthood considering legal options after governor signs bill to block MoHealthNet funds
Money from Missouri’s Medicaid program, MoHealthNet, can no longer go to abortion providers or their affiliates.
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Parson on KC parade shooting defamation suit: ‘We are not going to target innocent people’
Gov. Mike Parson said Monday that a man falsely accused by politicians on social media of being a shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade was an innocent man who was unfairly targeted.
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Missouri’s GOP Gov. Parson signs bill to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is the Missouri Senate dysfunctional?
Another legislative session, another down-to-the-wire budget process.
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State budget in limbo as deadline approaches
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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Governor signs bill allowing charter schools in Boone County, raising teacher salaries
Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Tuesday that includes allowing charter schools in Boone County and raising public school teacher salaries among its provisions.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Parson visit the Texas border with Mexico?
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office said Monday that he will make a trip to the Texas-Mexico border this week.
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Auditors can’t locate former St. Louis circuit attorney to complete state audit
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can’t find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday in a news release that auditors have tried for several months to contact Gardner, including
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Superintendents ask Parson to veto bill that would allow charter schools in Boone County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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Petitioners submit signatures Thursday with hopes to get sports betting on the Missouri ballot
Missouri petitioners will be turning in signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Thursday afternoon in an effort to get sports betting on the November ballot.
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Missouri lawmakers end a record long filibuster
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) At 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning the 41 hour filibuster that was lead by a small group of republicans has ended, breaking the previous record held in 2016. The end of this filibuster will allow first round approval for a bill to fund medicaid. Five members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus was
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri employers be required to provide paid leave?
The campaign to get mandatory paid leave and a higher minimum wage in Missouri took a step forward Wednesday.
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State hopes to make Missouri State Penitentiary a ‘world-class tourist destination’
The Missouri Office of Administration says it wants to make the Missouri State Penitentiary a “world-class tourist destination” if funding gets approved by the Senate.
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Petitioners turn in signatures as lawmakers try to raise threshold to pass petitions
A group that advocates for workers’ benefits plans to submit a petition with over 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday.
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Mizzou legend Norm Stewart inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
Legendary Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Wednesday.
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Columbia City Council to hold work session on Capital Improvement Project sales tax renewal
COLUMBIA, Mo, (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is set to host a work session Monday at city hall to discuss the proposed public works ballot, proposed public safety ballot projects and ballot renewal steps. The city is hoping to hold a renewal vote in August on the quarter-cent Capital Improvement Project sales tax that is
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