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Mid-Missourians ask redistricting commission to keep new districts within county lines

November 4, 2021 1:29 PM Hannah Falcon

Mid-Missourians vouch for new voting districts to be drawn within existing county lines at Thursday morning’s public hearing.

Holts Summit business part of new lawsuit by state attorney general after OSHA releases vaccine mandate rules

November 4, 2021 9:11 AM Molly Stawinoga

issouri’s attorney general says he will file a lawsuit on Friday in an attempt to block the federal vaccine mandate for private employers.

Controversial Administrative Hearing commissioner replaced

November 1, 2021 3:18 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has replaced a member of a state commission who was embroiled in a controversy in 2019 over laws governing sexual assault on college campuses. Audrey McIntosh served in a judicial post on the Administrative Hearing Commission. Two years ago, McIntosh’s husband, lobbyist Richard McIntosh, worked to change

Gov. Parson: ‘We are going to push back against the federal mandates’

October 29, 2021 1:13 PM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Governor Mike Parson hopes to halt the the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate. Parson spoke with ABC 17 News moments before Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, along with 10 other states, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on

Missouri Attorney General files lawsuit to stop vaccine mandate for federal contractors

October 29, 2021 1:22 PM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to stop a vaccine mandate for federal contractors. According to the 12-count lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Executive Order 14042 issued by the White House on Sept. 9 violates the rights of federal contractors.

Pfizer Vaccine at Sturgeon vaccination clinic

Gov. Parson issues executive order against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates

October 28, 2021 2:34 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Gov. Parson issued an executive order against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Bankers and state officials express concern over IRS Proposal

October 21, 2021 4:37 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri bankers and Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick voiced concerns about an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) latest proposal requiring financial institutions to turn over financial account information for accounts with inflows or outflows totaling more than $10,000. “This proposal is the Biden Administration’s latest attempt at blatant government overreach and, like so

Missouri budget officials outline $50M cost of data breach

October 19, 2021 4:18 PM Associated Press

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million. Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed that the rough cost estimate includes credit monitoring and the cost of a

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed security issues?

October 15, 2021 2:15 AM ABC 17 News Team

The reporter discovered Social Security numbers were easily accessed on an education department website. The paper reported the findings to the state before publishing the story.

Gov. Parson threatens legal action against reporter who exposed flaw on state education department’s website

October 14, 2021 9:20 AM Ben Fein

The Missouri Department of Education says it has fixed an issue that allowed access to some educators social security information, after the department says it was notified personal information of three educators was possibly compromised through the state’s certification database.

Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding threatened by Missouri’s new emergency regulation

October 13, 2021 10:13 PM Hannah Falcon

An emergency regulation in Missouri goes into effect Wednesday which requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to turn over all its inspection reports on abortion providers. As the only abortion provider in Missouri, Planned Parenthood said this is a political attack on its Medicaid funding.

Missouri attorney general said a half-billion settlement will help opioid victims

October 12, 2021 11:51 AM Kennedy Miller

All money received from the settlement will go directly toward treatment and many services for opioid addiction including support systems across the state.

Columbia state rep will not seek reelection

October 11, 2021 10:07 AM Matthew Sanders

Democratic state Rep. Martha Stevens announced her decision via news release. She is ending her third term in office and was first elected in 2016 and would have been term-limited after another term. Her district includes parts of south and west Columbia.

Missouri House of Representatives discuss solutions for the disappearance of foster kids

October 5, 2021 9:54 PM Kennedy Miller

Missouri’s House of Representatives discussed the ongoing issue regarding Missouri’s Welfare Agency not accurately reporting children missing from foster care.

Rallies, vigils hope to stop Ernest Lee Johnson execution

October 5, 2021 11:52 AM Joushua Blount

Johnson is set to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at a state prison in Bonne Terre for the 1994 murders of Mary Bratcher, Fred Jones and Mable Scruggs at a Columbia gas station.

Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies

October 4, 2021 2:25 AM Associated Press

Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died. Akin’s son Perry says in a statement that his father died late Sunday at age 74 from cancer.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will you save receipts to get reimbursed for gas tax?

October 4, 2021 1:49 AM ABC 17 News Team

The tax could raise close to $500 million per year for transportation projects. But the law authorizing the tax also allows drivers to be reimbursed for the amount they pay under the new tax. They have to save receipts and fill out paperwork.

Lt. Gov. Chief of Staff to run for Jefferson City School District Board of Education

October 1, 2021 11:11 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Jefferson City High School Alum and US Naval Academy graduate will seek one of two openings for the Jefferson City School District Board of Education.

New Missouri gas tax takes effect with refund provision

October 1, 2021 1:27 PM Kennedy Miller

Drivers filling up their tanks in Missouri will pay an additional 2.5 cents per gallon of gas effective Friday. Gov. Mike Parson signed the increase into law in July. The tax is set to increase by the same amount yearly between 2021 and 2025. At the end of 2025, the state’s tax rate will sit at 29.5 cents per gallon.

Jefferson City to hold open house about proposed ward redistricting plan

September 30, 2021 5:21 AM Ben Fein

Jefferson City is set to host an open house where citizens are being encouraged to provide comment on the proposed options for ward redistricting.