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.
Continue Reading Missouri House lawmakers convened on Tuesday at noon to discuss and debate where to draw the new lines for Missouri’s congressional districts.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will file more lawsuits this week against school districts enforcing mask and quarantine requirements.
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This year, on the federal holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life of public service, the King family asked events be held with the motto “No celebration without legislation.”
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Doolittle Trailer Manufacturing Inc. tells ABC 17 the Supreme Court ruling blocking the vaccine mandate for large workplaces was a sigh of relief.
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Missouri state and federal elected officials react to the Supreme Court blocked nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses.
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(CNN) — The Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on across the country and here in Missouri, the amount of at-home tests available to Missourians is scarce and people are facing long lines at testing centers. This comes as Governor Mike Parson put an end to the state of emergency on December 31st, 2021.
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Legislation that will establish new boundaries for Missouri’s eight congressional districts is one step closer to consideration on the House floor.
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