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Fifth Ward Columbia councilman to step down next year
Columbia Fifth Ward Councilman Matt Pitzer said Monday that he will not seek another term on the city council.
Continue ReadingColumbia Fifth Ward Councilman Matt Pitzer said Monday that he will not seek another term on the city council.
Continue ReadingSome Mid-Missouri counties will select their top elected official on Nov. 8, while voters in some local communities will also be deciding on tax questions.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Senate district that includes Callaway County now spreads out to the Illinois border north of St Louis.
Continue ReadingThe map looks a little different in this 2022 midterm election cycle.
Continue ReadingThis November’s ballot has five statewide ballot issues, the most prominent of which would legalize recreational marijuana and expunge some criminal records.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol has sent a cease-and-desist letter over an ad supporting an amendment to legalize recreational marijuana, a patrol spokesman said Thursday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents who wish to run for City Council in April for Wards 1 and 5 must file a petition for office with the City Clerk’s Office. Petitions, along with instructions, are available to be picked up from the City Clerk’s Office from 8 a.m.-noon and from 1-5 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays.Â
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) United States Attorney Teresa Moore announced Wednesday that Assistant United States Attorney Alan Simpson will lead the efforts to protect voters and officials from possible threats of violence for the Nov. 8 election. Simpson has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer for the Western District of Missouri, and is
Continue ReadingMembers of the Jefferson City NAACP plan to hold a voter registration event Wednesday at their office in downtown Jefferson City. The event is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingThe deadline to register to vote in the November general election is Oct. 12.
Continue ReadingThe last day to register to vote in Missouri’s November midterm election is Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Continue ReadingDemocratic Senate candidate Trudy Busch Valentine blasted her Republican opponent as a career politician in a Jefferson City campaign stop Friday, a little more than a month before the midterm election.
Continue ReadingRepublican voters in Boone County met with candidates in an intimate setting to discuss the issues that matter most to them.
Continue ReadingThe NAACP and the Missouri League of Women Voters made their case to a judge Friday that the state’s new voter ID law should be blocked.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri NAACP has partnered with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs to hold voter registration events Tuesday, on National Voter Registration day and ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court won’t take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposal would allow those age 21 and older to buy and
Continue ReadingA motion to expedite the lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and NAACP against a new Missouri law requiring voter ID will be heard in Cole County court Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana during the Nov. 8 election. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on Friday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to remove the question from the ballot. Walker ruled that the woman
Continue ReadingNew Missouri election laws took effect Sunday that will impact the upcoming November midterm election.
Continue ReadingRoy Lovelady is now Columbia City Council’s newest member after Tuesday’s election, and he says he is ready to serve Ward 3.
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