Gov. Mike Parson defended his choice of Missouri health director Monday after vaccine mandate opponents gathered in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda to register their opposition to his pick.
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The Missouri Senate is expected to take up the state’s proposed map of U.S. House districts Monday.
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Several Missouri Republicans claim masks in schools are ineffective and hindering children’s education, but medical experts and public health officials say otherwise.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s U.S. senators and several congressional members reacted to Supreme Court Stephen Breyer announcement of his plan to retire. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Senate candidate issued the following statement. “As Attorney General, I’ve taken a blowtorch to the Biden Administration’s radical agenda to overturn President Trump’s accomplishments in the
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The current proposal features six Republican districts and two Democratic districts. Some Republican state lawmakers want a map with seven Republican districts and one Democratic district, breaking up the district representing Kansas City.
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The Missouri House’s top Democrat said Wednesday that she plans to file legislation to pay back local school districts for legal expenses they incur defending themselves against mask lawsuits from the state attorney general.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill establishing a recall procedure for local school board members has advanced out of a Missouri House committee as that bill and others targeting school boards have gained early momentum. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bills come as school boards have faced public pressure over their responses
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Several Republican Missouri lawmakers have filed bills to ban vaccine mandates, including in the workplace.
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The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and 250 Missouri businesses and employers sent an open letter to Gov. Mike Parson and the Missouri General Assembly asking for them to throw out legislation that prohibits employers from deciding for themselves whether or not to implement a vaccine requirement.
Continue Reading Gov. Mike Parson has made raising pay for Missouri state workers a priority for the current legislative session.
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Missouri House Democrats said the governor’s proposed budget is a good place to start, but want to see many areas expanded, including pay raises for state workers.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The former chief of the Fulton Police Department plans to try his hand at state politics. Steve Myers announced his candidacy for Missouri’s 49th House District on Monday morning. He will look to replace incumbent Republican Travis Fitzwater. Fitzwater cannot seek re-election due to term limits. “We need elected officials who are
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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed another lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and, for the first time, against the Jefferson City School District over the districts’ renewed, temporary mask mandates.
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A panel of 20 in the Missouri House approved a new map for the chamber’s 163 seats.
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Several schools across the state have brought mask mandates back this week, saying they need to take such actions to slow the spread of the omicron variant and keep the doors open amid major staff shortages.
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In his 2022 State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson proposed raising the starting pay for Missouri teachers.
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Gov. Mike Parson wants to keep pushing on rebuilding Missouri’s workforce.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson spoke to the state assembly for the 2022 State of the State speech focusing on workforce, education, infrastructure, agriculture, community development, health care and public safety. “With a historic budget surplus and federal dollars coming to our state, we want to build on our past momentum to capture even
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A full transcript of Gov. Mike Parson’s 2022 State of the State address.
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson is set to deliver the annual State of the State address at the capitol building Wednesday.
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