Missouri’s highest court is set to hear oral arguments in an appeal after a 2018 sunshine request into the governor’s campaign contributions. contributions.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several Republicans are trying to amend Missouri’s Constitution to ensure people with pre-existing conditions can access health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is undone. The proposals filed Tuesday in the Republican-led Legislature would require health insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions without charging them more. Those
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says lawmakers disrespected him when House leaders told him he couldn’t give his State of the State address in that chamber because of coronavirus concerns. The Republican wrote a letter Friday accusing GOP lawmakers of a “disgusting scheme” to embarrass him. The governor traditionally delivers an annual
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The Missouri General Assembly is working on a bill this session to protect businesses from being targets of coronavirus-related lawsuits.
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Some Missourians will be receiving their COVID-19 vaccine today in Pettis County as the state continues to roll out mass vaccination sites across the state.
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A spokesman for the Missouri Democratic Party confirmed that lawmakers from both major parties got in line for the shots, which were intended for other state workers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says businesses forced to temporarily shut down because of local COVID-19 mandates should get tax breaks. Parson on Thursday told Missouri Press Association members and reporters that restaurants and other businesses shouldn’t have to pay property taxes for times when they were ordered closed because of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attempt to block pay raises for Missouri statewide elected officials has failed. The state House on Thursday came short of getting the two-thirds majority needed to stop the raises. That means state lawmakers, the governor and other statewide elected officers likely will get a pay bump. In Missouri, an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Parson began the annual State of the State address by touting Missouri’s success in fighting COVID-19, but some were opposed to even having the address in person. Just hours before the 3 p.m. address, the venue was changed from the House Chambers to the Senate Chambers across the capitol.
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Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Gov. Mike Parson touted the ways government was able to work despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s State of the State address, the first such address since the start of the pandemic in March, discussed many of the challenges the state has seen in recent years, including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri senator is trying to pass a bill that would allow the use of deadly force against protesters on private property. Members of a state Senate committee on Monday debated the change. The legislation also would give immunity to people who run over protesters blocking traffic. It would make demonstrations
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Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday filed a “counter-complaint” against seven Senate Democrats who are seeking an ethics investigation of the Missouri Republican.
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Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate is planning to be in session next week as scheduled even after State Senator Andrew Koenig tested positive for the coronavirus. Senate Majority Floor Leader Caleb Rowden tweeted out that “We are following CDC guidance relating to “close contacts” and contact tracing recommendations. I encourage my colleagues to
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Legislature is planning to open a rapid testing clinic for potential COVID-19 cases in the Capitol building, after the session began with an outbreak of the disease caused by the coronavirus. Chief House Clerk Dana Rademan Miller said Thursday that she hopes to open the testing site within
Continue Reading Seven Democratic senators have asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley “to fully understand their role” in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Democratic Legislative Committee for House District 45 has chosen their nominee for the upcoming special election. “We were presented with three really strong candidates to choose from (Scott Cristal, Caleb Hall, and David Tyson Smith) and no matter who we picked, we know that person would represent the district
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday that the Guard will send teams to each of the state’s nine highway patrol regions to set up the clinics. The first is being created now in southeast Missouri, Parson said.
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