By Kit Maher and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has no intention of serving as vice president and left open the possibility of another White House run in 2028, according to three sources on a private call Wednesday with his supporters and those who volunteered to be delegates for
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The Republican announced on Monday he is running for the seat that current U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer plans to retire from in December.
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A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.
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By Aaron Pellish and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized to members of his family who objected to a new TV ad released Sunday during the Super Bowl that repurposed a spot from his uncle’s 1960 campaign. The retro-themed ad from a PAC backing his candidacy mimics the
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican-led group trying to restore abortion rights in Missouri is ending its campaign. Executive Director Jamie Corley on Thursday announced her moderate abortion-rights campaign is withdrawing to clear the path for a competing, more sweeping proposal. Corley was trying to amend Missouri’s constitution to
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A Republican candidate for Missouri Secretary of State has posted a video of a book burning on social media. Valentina Gomez posted a video in which she uses a flamethrower to light fire to books on the social media platform
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A push to ask Arizona voters to add a right to abortion to the state constitution took on new stakes this week when the state’s Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce a ban on abortion in all stages of pregnancy. Arizona is one of several
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A bond issue asking if the City of Ashland should combine its waterworks and sewage system revenue bonds failed on Tuesday. The measure failed 138 votes to 117, with a 7.86% voter turnout. Voters went to the polls to decide if the revenue bonds for $40 million for purchasing, constructing, extending, and
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By JILL COLVIN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald met with members of the Teamsters Union in Washington Wednesday as he looks past the GOP primary and toward a general election rematch against President Joe Biden. The former president participated in a roundtable with the group’s executive board, its president
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The Missouri Senate never adjourned on Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released a report giving the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office a “fair” rating — a downgrade from the office’s “good” rating. The report claims that Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office refused to provide Fitzpatrick’s office with cybersecurity reviews of 116 local election authorities. In addition, the
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The Boone County Commission on Tuesday added a question to the April ballot about whether seniors’ property taxes should be frozen.
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Monday was the 51st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the country.
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Salem, New Hampshire (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is aiming to drive his last remaining rival out of the 2024 White House race on Tuesday with a resounding New Hampshire victory that would cement his control over the GOP. “Every day the Republican Party is becoming more and more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia firefighters’ union gave support to embattled Ward 1 Councilman Nick Knoth after the City Council put his recall on the April 2 ballot Tuesday night. The action was on the agenda after residents gathered enough signatures to put the recall on the ballot. The question of whether Knoth should be
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divide between abortion-rights activists over whether to include restrictions regarding the viability of the fetus on planned state ballot measures is roiling the movement. Advocates say the fight has resurfaced long-brewing ruptures among reproductive rights advocates, especially in Republican-leaning or closely
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Instead of heading to the polls this winter, Missouri voters will head to caucuses to decide who their party should support for president.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A sheriff who was removed from his position last year has nearly $12,000 on hand for a 2024 campaign. Clay Chism has an active campaign committee for the Callaway County sheriff’s race in August. Chism has $11,761.89 on hand, according to a Missouri Ethics Commission’s quarterly campaign finance report for January. The
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Two people have filed to run for the Ward 2 Columbia City Council seat, according to an email from City Clerk Sheela Amin.
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The value Americans place on democracy is the “most urgent question of our time,” President Joe Biden said during a speech kicking off his 2024 campaign in Pennsylvania on the eve of the third anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol – launching an impassioned political
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