COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously voted at its meeting on Tuesday to add a sales tax question for recreational marijuana to the April 4 ballot. The question will ask voters if there should be an additional 3% sales tax for recreational marijuana sales. This would be in addition to the state’s 6% tax. The council
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By Jack Forrest, CNN The US Capitol Police’s threat investigations dropped in 2022 for the first time in five years but the agency’s police chief said the number of threats against members of Congress is “still too high.” The latest figure released Tuesday comes just months after an attack on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband
Continue Reading By Evan Perez, Paula Reid and Jamie Gangel, CNN Among the multiple interviews by federal investigators in the initial review of President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents was his personal attorney Patrick Moore, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Moore, who made the initial discovery of classified material while packing up Biden’s former
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Senior House Republicans are moving swiftly to build a case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they strongly weigh launching rare impeachment proceedings against a Cabinet secretary, a plan that could generate sharp backlash from GOP moderates. Key committee chairmen are already preparing to hold
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, after being booted from their committees by Democrats and some Republicans for their incendiary remarks, sources told CNN. The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday agreed to
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Embattled freshman Rep. George Santos has been awarded seats on two low-level committees after House Republicans debated where to put the New York congressman, who is facing mounting legal issues and growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume. Several GOP sources told CNN
Continue Reading By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Scott Glover, CNN For years, as Joe Biden has sought to assure the American public he deserves their trust, he’s relied upon a go-to phrase meant to underscore his credibility: “I give you my word as a Biden.” But that’s not the only way the Biden family name has
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Tierney Sneed and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The Republican campaign staffer who has accused Matt Schlapp, a high-profile conservative activist, of sexual assault is now suing Schlapp and his wife, Mercedes, for more than $9 million. The sexual battery civil lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Virginia Circuit Court in Alexandria, also accuses both
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden welcomed the Golden State Warriors to the White House on Tuesday to celebrate their 2022 NBA championship, marking their return to the building for the first time since a high-profile clash with former President Donald Trump. “Today, the Golden State Warriors are known as one
Continue Reading By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Scott Glover, CNN For years, as Joe Biden has sought to assure the American public he deserves their trust, he’s relied upon a go-to phrase meant to underscore his credibility: “I give you my word as a Biden.” But that’s not the only way the Biden family name has
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House offered its most robust — if still extremely limited — explanation of why it has repeatedly released incomplete information about classified documents located in President Joe Biden’s private office and home, insisting Tuesday that protecting the Justice Department’s investigation means restricting which details can be
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to ex-President Donald Trump, met Tuesday with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, the clearest sign that prosecutors are zeroing in on the Trump Organization’s involvement in hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. As he arrived at the building Cohen said he was
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN As of Tuesday, US military veterans in an “acute suicidal crisis” can receive free treatment including inpatient care up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days. The expanded care was announced by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday, and is meant to “prevent veteran suicide by
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott previewed a push for school vouchers and more parental influence over curriculum as part of an effort to “empower parents” in his inaugural address Tuesday in Austin. Abbott, a Republican who defeated former Rep. Beto O’Rourke to win a third term in November and is seen as
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A city advisory group that specializes in issues affecting Downtown Columbia wants the Missouri Department of Transportation to relinquish control of Business Loop 70.
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Josh Shapiro was sworn in on Tuesday as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at a festive inaugural ceremony in Harrisburg and called his election victory a rejection of “extremism” while declaring his place in history as the “the next link in the chain of progress.” Surrounded by family, state government
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House offered its most robust — if still extremely limited — explanation of why it has repeatedly released incomplete information about classified documents located in President Joe Biden’s private office and home, insisting Tuesday that protecting the Justice Department’s investigation means restricting which details can be
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, after being booted from their committees by Democrats and some Republicans for their incendiary remarks, sources told CNN. The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday agreed to
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in early February for continued discussions related to one of America’s most complicated and consequential relationships. A US official said the State Department is eyeing February 6 for Blinken’s meetings in Beijing, which follow up on President Joe Biden’s
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, CNN Two New Jersey veterans say now-Congressman George Santos promised to raise funds for lifesaving surgery for one of their dogs in 2016, then became elusive and took off with the money. Santos, the embattled freshman Republican, faces growing pressure to resign after he lied and misrepresented his educational, work and family
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