Attorney general drops lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools mask mandate
The case was dismissed at the agreement of both parties Thursday, according to online court records.
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Parson names new directors, fields coronavirus questions
Questions during the news conference turned to the coronavirus pandemic and measures to control the spread of the more transmissible omicron variant.
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Patrol completes investigation of Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed an investigation of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that began after a journalist exposed a state database flaw. Patrol Capt. John Hotz told the Post-Dispatch Monday that results of the investigation were turned over to Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. It remains unclear
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Cole County judge shoots down counties’ request to appeal health order decision
Judge Daniel Green issued the order after counties including Cooper, Jackson and St. Louis asked to appeal Green’s November ruling that said nonelected officials cannot issue health orders, like those meant to fight coronavirus spread, under state law.
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Missouri attorney general joins 24-state lawsuit to block mask, vaccine mandates for Head Start students
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s attorney general has joined 24 other states in a lawsuit to stop a mask and vaccine mandate on Head Start students and volunteers.“Head Start Programs provide much-needed resources for underserved communities, single moms, and other parents who may be struggling to provide care. Forcing children to wear masks all day
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Politicians have different approaches to universal preschool for Missourians
The estimated cost for a family to send their child to preschool in Missouri is $8,600 a year, according to a White House study, and only 14% of Missouri families have access to publicly funded preschool. State and federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have floated proposal about how to make preschool more accessible to those who can’t afford it.
Continue Reading Cooper County asks to intervene in health order case
The health center says in its motion to intervene filed Tuesday that it is seeking clarity regarding what powers it retains to enact public health regulations.
Continue Reading ‘We have no other options but to follow the orders of the Missouri Attorney General;’ some counties stop COVID-19 efforts
A health department in southern Missouri says it will cease all work relating to COVID-19.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Columbia Public Schools keep requiring masks?
Columbia Public Schools is among the districts Schmitt has written to, telling administrators to drop their mask requirement. He has also sued the district over the requirement.
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Missouri lawyers question attorney general’s interpretation of health orders law
Missouri lawyers are questioning the attorney general’s interpretation of a Cole County ruling being used to justify his investigation into Columbia Public Schools.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will President Biden’s infrastructure plan help Missourians?
Biden said the plan will create good-paying jobs and bring much-needed modernization to the nation’s transportation system. But most Republicans say the plan is too expensive.
Continue Reading Missouri Republicans criticize Biden during Kansas City visit
President Joe Biden’s first visit to Missouri as acting president was met with criticism from his opponents on the opposite side of the aisle.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Active cases up but hospitalizations down in Boone County
Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Union workers and elected officials gather to hear Biden remarks on infrastructure law in Kansas City
Biden boarded Air Force One for Kansas City at 10:28 a.m. Wednesday. Biden is expected to arrive in Kansas City around 1 p.m. before giving remarks to assembled union workers and elected officials, including Gov. Mike Parson, at the Kansas City Transportation Authority at 2:30 p.m.
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President Biden to speak on $1 trillion infrastructure bill Wednesday in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden will travel to Kansas City Wednesday to deliver remarks on a new infrastructure bill and how it will impact the state of Missouri. The President will land at Kansas City International Airport around 1 p.m. tomorrow before heading to the Kansas City Transportation Authority to give remarks at
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Missouri attorney general warns schools, local health agencies that continue to enforce health mandates
The letters follow a Nov. 22 Cole County judge’s ruling in Robinson v. Department of Health and Senior Services. Judge Daniel Green ruled non-elected officials cannot issue and enforce public health orders in Missouri. Schmitt told ABC 17 News that his office took time to interpret how the ruling will affect the rest of Missouri before crafting the letters.
Continue Reading Missouri state officials dispute reports of mask mandate study
By comparing the seven-day averages of Missouri counties with and without mask mandates in place, DHSS found that both case and death numbers were lower during the peak of the delta variant in counties that enforced mask-wearing.
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Missouri lawmaker plans to file bill to change invasion of privacy laws
COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) A state lawmaker plans to file a bill that would change Missouri’s invasion of privacy law. The new law would require repeat offenders convicted of invasion of privacy to register as a sex offender. Ronald Dameron, a convicted felon known for looking up women’s skirts, was recently sentenced to two years probation
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Abortion opponents rally in Missouri capital on day of Supreme Court abortion arguments
Ashcroft will speak at the Overturn Roe event in front of the Missouri Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City at 12:30 p.m. Rally goers will pray for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the seminal Roe v. Wade decision, according to a news release.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should non-elected officials be able to issue health orders?
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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