A Cole County judge ruled last week that non-elected officials, including public health directors, are violating the constitution when they issue health orders like those meant to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Numerous court cases are testing local, state and federal governments’ powers to implement health orders and vaccine mandates, including in Missouri.
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By Tierney Sneed A federal judge in Missouri issued an order Monday partially blocking the Biden administration from implementing a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers. The judge’s order, which covers the 10 states that brought the case, played down the effectiveness of the vaccines and said that the “public would suffer little, if
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schnitt is set to hold a 12:30 p.m. news conference after a federal judge temporarily halted a coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Moberly Public Schools on Tuesday, alleging the district overcharged for a public records request related to school policy about recording certain meetings.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Senator Rick Brattin is running for the Republican nomination in the Fourth Congressional District. “I am running for Congress because I believe we need to elect conservatives who will stand up and put America First. We need to secure our border, hold China accountable for dishonest trade practices – including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has announced her candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives. According to a press release, Chimene Schwach will run as a Democrat for the House District 46 seat. Chimene Schwach, of Columbia, announced plans this week to run for the Missouri House of Representatives. Schwach will challenge for the
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Mid-Missourians vouch for new voting districts to be drawn within existing county lines at Thursday morning’s public hearing.
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issouri’s attorney general says he will file a lawsuit on Friday in an attempt to block the federal vaccine mandate for private employers.
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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
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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
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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.
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Gov. Parson issued an executive order against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.Â
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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
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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
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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.
Continue Reading 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.
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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.
Continue Reading All money received from the settlement will go directly toward treatment and many services for opioid addiction including support systems across the state.
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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.
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