COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri immigration lawyer says due to new immigration policies, he has had to stop taking on removal cases for immigrants in detention. “Changes to the immigration court system, how evidence is being evaluated, how charges are being brought, people are being placed in removal proceedings with far greater ease,” said David
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge has, for the second time, rejected the secretary of state’s ballot summary for a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion across Missouri. Judge Daniel Green refused to accept Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ second attempt to write the language for Amendment 3 on Tuesday. Green ordered Hoskins
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The Missouri National Guard has a new mission starting Wednesday. A few Guard members will be used to support the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Missouri, under an order from Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe. Soldiers have been deployed in other areas to support ICE agents, including California. Do you support using the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State lawmakers are reacting to the outpouring response by local leaders and community organizations following a deadly downtown Columbia shooting over the University of Missouri’s Homecoming weekend. Columbia police responded to a shooting in the 800 block of East Broadway just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police found three people shot; one woman,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe said Tuesday that he has authorized the Missouri National Guard to help at ICE facilities in Missouri. The mission will begin on Wednesday, Kehoe’s office wrote in a news release. “This decision comes in response to a request for assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri has submitted a waiver to cut “unhealthy” foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office announced Monday in a press release. Kehoe signed an executive order on Monday to tell the state’s Department of Social Services to submit the waiver, joining a growing number
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Two bills from September’s special session are up for Governor Kehoe’s signature in a closed-door signing Sunday.
A new congressional map, dubbed the “Missouri First” map, is ready to be signed. The map splits Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Fifth District in Kansas City into three. This will merge it with more rural and republican areas, likely removing Cleaver’s seat and giving the Republican Party a boost in the next election.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office has rejected three petitions submitted to get a newly redrawn congressional map before voters. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office released three rejection letters late Friday. The letters were addressed to Richard von Glahn, with Missouri Jobs with Justice, and said the three petitions submitted
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Political action committees on the opposite ends of Missouri’s abortion debate each reported large fundraising totals to end the week. Stop the Ban Missouri, a coalition aimed at defeating Amendment 3 in November 2026, announced in a news release on Friday that it has raised more than $800,000 since its formation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to sign the new congressional map within the state into law this Sunday, according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. The new congressional map – named the “Missouri First” map – was approved during a special session earlier this month. The new map has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri first lady Claudia Kehoe is serving as treasurer of a political action committee that is leading the support of a ballot issue to curtail abortion. Kehoe, wife of Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, was listed on paperwork filed Sept. 8 as treasurer of the Her Health, Her Future PAC. The group
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly two weeks have passed since the Missouri General Assembly adjourned its special session, and Gov. Mike Kehoe has yet to sign either of the bills the Republican majority sent to his desk. The Missouri House of Representatives spent $159,706.60 on the special session, according to an email from the House spokesman
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Friday ruled that language for a measure placed on the November 2026 ballot by Republican legislators was unconstitutional, ordering the state to go back to the drawing board. Judge Daniel Green ruled in favor of Anna Fitz-James in her lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe and U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are united in their drive to get the Trump administration to designate Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County as a training center for ICE agents. On Thursday, Schmitt sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighting that the military base
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A few hundred people have arrived at the Capitol steps in Jefferson City on Wednesday to honor political commentator Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot and killed last week during a speaking event at a Utah college. Events honoring the conservative activist have been held throughout Mid-Missouri since his death, including on
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered a speech Wednesday afternoon at Westminster College as part of the annual Hancock Symposium. His speech focused on pressing national issues including political violence, democracy and misinformation, with a strong emphasis on “justice for all.” The Hancock Symposium is a two-day event held on the Westminster
Continue Reading Both of Missouri’s U.S. senators are telling the Trump administration that a Missouri location would be a great place to train new ICE officers. Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a letter last week saying Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County would be an ideal place to train ICE agents. In his letter, Hawley noted the agency’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Each of Missouri’s U.S. senators is asking the Trump administration to make Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County an ICE training center. Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter last week to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem highlighting the fort as a potential training spot for immigration agents. “To facilitate the swift and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Advocacy groups are taking two routes to block potential redistricting, which was approved Friday by Missouri’s general assembly and is awaiting Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s signature. The NAACP sued Kehoe, Senate Pro-Tem Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) and Speaker of the House Jon Patterson (R-Lees Summit) around the start of the special session
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The Republican-dominated Missouri General Assembly achieved exactly what they’d hoped to in last week’s special session. The supermajority passed both a new congressional map and initiative petition reform despite Democratic opposition in each chamber. Senate Republicans even cut off debate early, using their majority to prevent any long filibustering of special session legislation. The new
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