By Ariane de Vogue and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed, granting an emergency request from backers of the project that has the support of Congress and the Biden administration. The justices agreed to lift lower court orders
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CNN By Donald Judd (CNN) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday offered a decisive “no” when pressed if President Joe Biden might consider pardoning his son, Hunter, over felony gun and tax misdemeanor charges. Earlier in the briefing, Jean-Pierre declined to say if the president had spoken to his son after a
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CNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, who froze during a news conference Wednesday and earlier this year suffered a concussion after falling down, has also endured two other falls this year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The first known time, in February, occurred
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A hearing in a second lawsuit regarding the initiative petition on abortion access is scheduled to take place Wednesday morning in Cole County Court.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The ACLU of Missouri announced in a Tuesday press release that it – along with Lambda Legal and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP — has filed a lawsuit to try to block a law that attempts to prevent transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming healthcare. The lawsuit aims to block Senate Bill
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Missouri voters in certain counties can now go out to the polls for the August elections.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ARPA evaluation committee is set to meet Monday morning to discuss how to spend $25.2 million dollars. The committee will evaluate scoring and submit their recommendations to Columbia City Council next month. Over 50 organizations scored high enough to move on to the current phase of the project and had until
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Former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt had his painted portrait unveiled in the Capitol building today.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri Attorney General that would allow an initiative petition on reproductive rights to move forward.
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The Show Mo Act, which provides tax incentives for entertainment projects in Missouri, passed this year and was signed into law after years of trying.
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Ashland’s mayor said Tuesday that he doesn’t know whether the board of aldermen will appoint an interim police chief when it meets.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri Attorney General that would allow an initiative petition on reproductive rights to move forward.
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Missouri’s foster care system has long been plagued with problems.
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The Missouri Children’s Division has been taking steps to protect kids who go missing from foster care, but one federal agency doesn’t think enough has been done.
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Columbia, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council met on Monday night and — once again — recycling was one of the topics discussed. One of the items council’s pre-meeting included the results of a Recycling and Waste Diversion Study. The project includes data collection, responding to recommendations and technical documents for waste projects. Waste collection
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Two proposed constitutional amendments have been submitted to Missouri’s Secretary of State’s Office for certification with opposite goals: one that would allow local governments to enact gun ordinances and one that restricts gun laws to only those passed by the Missouri General Assembly.
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DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is adding a former Republican senator to its board of directors. Southwest said Monday that Roy Blunt, who represented Missouri in the Senate and before that the U.S. House of Representatives, joined the airline’s board on Sunday. That gives Southwest 15 directors. Blunt served in the Senate from 2011 until
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual Ashland Pride Festival took place on Sunday, at a time when Missouri is enacting laws restricting access to gender-transition treatments. Caitlin Cunningham, owner of the Dandy Lion Cafe and organizer of Ashland’s Pride Festival, said they took every safety precaution when planning Sunday’s event, from health safety to physical safety.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City leaders gathered Saturday morning for a budget work session following City Manager De’Carlon Seewood’s Budget Address. The city manager’s office presented a detailed version of the budget and gave council members the opportunity to ask questions. De’Carlon Seewood spoke with ABC 17 News about the importance of today’s work session. “This
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In May, close to twice as many kids were in foster care in Missouri as expected for a state of its size, the program’s director said.
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