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5th District primary candidates ask judge to nullify August results after different map to be used in November

September 17, 2026 3:19 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidates from this past August’s Republican primary in Missouri’s 5th Congressional district have filed a lawsuit in Cole County. The lawsuit says Brett Hueffmeier, Micah Beebe, Jana Morris, Michael Morris and Peter Smedile filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, candidate Rick Brattin and the state’s Republican party

Amendment 7 could eliminate all state-imposed taxes, but the timeline is unclear

September 15, 2026 5:05 PM Alison Patton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will see Amendment 7 on the November ballot, and they’ll have to decide whether to create a permanent public endowment that will grow until it reaches an amount sufficient to eliminate all state-imposed taxes. How much the fund would need to eliminate taxes and how long it could take are

Columbia PAC fined $31k by Missouri Ethics Commission

September 11, 2026 5:49 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A political action committee that was active during last year’s Columbia mayoral race has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission. Citizens For A Better Columbia was fined $31,000 after the MEC claims the group failed to maintain a treasurer, improper access to the official depository account, failure to file amended statements

8th Circuit decision in Missouri congressional map case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

September 9, 2026 1:30 PM Marie Moyer, Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group wanting to bar the state from using a 2025 congressional map says it has appealed a federal appeals court decision denying its case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday turned down People Not Politicians’ appeal meant to overrule a federal district judge’s decision

Federal court in Missouri orders old congressional map on hold, directs use of 2025 districts

September 8, 2026 5:25 PM Matthew Sanders, Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Missouri secretary of state to use a 2025 congressional map, just days after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new map was not law. Judge Stephen Clark ordered Tuesday that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins implement the map in the November 2026 election, instead of

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the U.S. Supreme Court take up Missouri’s congressional map case?

September 8, 2026 4:16 AM Matthew Sanders

Missouri has made the midterms that much more interesting with its down-to-the-wire battle over which congressional map will be in effect this November. Now, the lawsuit over whether a Republican-friendly map approved by the legislature last year should be the law of the land, or the map drawn after the normal census in 2022, has

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you agree with the Missouri Supreme Court’s congressional map decision?

September 4, 2026 4:16 AM Matthew Sanders

The Missouri Supreme Court made national headlines on Thursday for a decision with far-reaching implications for November. And it’s a case that could be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Missouri’s court ruled that a congressional map passed by Republicans in the General Assembly last year would not be in effect for the November election,

Jefferson City officials tout public safety sales tax election as police, fire ask for slight increase in spending from last year

August 19, 2026 8:04 PM Mitchell Kaminski

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With Jefferson City facing a budget shortfall, city officials have told departments to prepare to make changes to their proposals if a proposed public safety sales tax fails at the ballot box in November. Mayor Ron Fitzwater presented his proposed fiscal year 2027 budget to the City Council on Wednesday, outlining

CPS publishes list of applicants for open Board of Education seat

August 19, 2026 5:07 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people have applied for the open Columbia Board of Education seat, the school district shared on its website on Monday. Keary D. Husain, Linda Evans, Erica Perry, Paul Wagner and Michael R. Zweifel filed for the seat formerly held by Jeanne Snodgrass, who stepped down last month because she is moving.

Proposition 1 split across Columbia wards; fueled to win by Fourth Ward voters

August 11, 2026 3:47 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – While more individual voting precincts in Columbia voted against Proposition 1, big turnout in parts of west Columbia powered the measure to pass. Results for Proposition 1, the 1% increase in Columbia’s sales tax to help fund public safety, analyzed by ABC 17 News, show the race stayed tight across town.

Tuesday’s election certified, Prop 1 in Columbia holds with 84-vote margin

August 10, 2026 6:12 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Results from Boone County’s elections were certified on Monday, County Clerk Brianna Lennon announced. An email from Lennon shows 55 provisional ballots were accepted and counted, 18 ballots that “could not be counted by the tabulator at the polling place,” were accepted and counted and two military/overseas ballots were accepted and counted.

Columbia’s slim ‘yes’ vote on sales tax increase expected to be certified Monday; clerk will know Friday if military, overseas ballots need to be processed

August 5, 2026 10:27 PM Olivia Hayes, Marie Moyer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eighty-five ballots separate the “yes” votes from the “no” votes cast for Columbia’s Proposition 1 and there are still some ballots still waiting to be counted in Boone County. The measure garnered 15,042 votes in support and 14,957 votes against. It is a 1% public safety sales tax that is projected to

Half-cent sales tax renewed in Jefferson City

August 5, 2026 5:20 PM Demetra Alarcon

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Jefferson City approved Proposition 1, a capital improvement sales tax, during Tuesday’s election. The sales tax won with 75% of the vote and will be renewable in 2036. This half-cent sales tax was first introduced to Jefferson City in 1986 and has been approved every time it has appeared on

Michael Bloomberg gives $1.25 million to Missouri abortion rights PAC

August 5, 2026 4:21 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Tuesday’s primary election, heads turn toward November. An amendment challenging the state’s abortion rules, known as Amendment 3, will be on the Nov. 3 ballot. If passed, Amendment 3 would reinstate an abortion ban statewide. Multiple contributions have been made this week that triggered the 48-hour reporting window for the Missouri

City of Columbia holds news conference on Prop 1 vote

August 5, 2026 2:28 PM Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is holding a news conference on the results of the vote on Proposition 1 — a 1-cent sales tax for public safety that passed with 85 votes on Tuesday. The final total won’t be certified until next week.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Were you surprised by the August election results?

August 5, 2026 3:53 AM Matthew Sanders

The August primary election is over. But did it go the way you thought it would? Two big ballot issues drove heavy turnout in Mid-Missouri — Amendments 4 and 5. And in both cases, the issue went down in flames. That definitely wasn’t the outcome everyone was expecting. Meanwhile, a public safety sales tax in

Missouri Realtors take home win with failed Amendments 4 and 5

August 4, 2026 6:43 PM Alison Patton

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After months of campaigning against Amendments 4 and 5, the Missouri Realtors are taking home a win as Missouri voters turn down the ballot measures. Missouri Realtors campaign spokesperson Scott Charton cheered the election night crowd of about 40 people around 8:15 p.m. after preliminary results rolled in, showing the amendments

Sharon Jones wins Columbia Ward 4 race

August 4, 2026 11:19 PM Marie Moyer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sharon Jones took the win in Columbia’s Ward 4 Council race against Ryan King and Dave Sorrell. “I’m just really excited that things turned out so well tonight,” Jones said. “This was a victory that we were anticipating, but not by this wide of a margin, I am overwhelmed by the outpouring

Columbia voters narrowly approve 1% public safety sales tax that could generate $38 million annually

August 4, 2026 4:28 PM Euphenie Andre

COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Columbia voters on Tuesday approved a 1% public safety sales tax that city leaders claim would generate about $38 million each year to support police and fire services. The measure passed 15,042 votes to 14,957. Members of the Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 gathered 7 p.m. Tuesday to watch election results

Supporters of Amendment 4 and 5 voice disappointment after both ballot measures fail to pass

August 4, 2026 6:33 PM Olivia Hayes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendments 4 and 5 failed at the ballot box on Tuesday. Dennis Ganahl, with MO Tax Relief — a group backing the ballot measure — shared his disappoint over the failure to pass. “We’re very disappointed that Missouri voters have decided to do nothing to move our state forward,” Ganahl said. “That