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.
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‘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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Court cases challenge pandemic-related mandates in Missouri
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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Vaccine mandate for some health care workers blocked in 10 states
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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WATCH: Attorney general holds news conference on temporary halt to health care worker vaccine mandate
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 sues Moberly schools alleging Sunshine Law violation
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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Missouri State Senator Rick Brattin to run for 4th congressional district seat
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 woman announces bid for Missouri House of Representatives
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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