Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how it was conducted.
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The prosecution and defense wrapped up their cases in former president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
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By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year’s elections look much different. A state law passed last
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off
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President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have agreed to face each other on live TV.
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CNN Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both accepted an invitation from CNN to debate on June 27, nearly four years since they last clashed onstage. Biden, who was first to accept the invitation Wednesday morning, posted on X: “I’ve received and accepted an invitation from @CNN for a
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The campaign to get mandatory paid leave and a higher minimum wage in Missouri took a step forward Wednesday.
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A group that advocates for workers’ benefits plans to submit a petition with over 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A third party presidential candidate visited Columbia Sunday, the day after being arrested for her participation in protests in St. Louis. Dr. Jill Stein is running for president of the United States as a Green Party candidate. She spoke with voters Sunday afternoon at the Boone County Government Center. The Green Party is
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The House and Senate have each passed bills that would make it harder to change the state constitution through a vote of the people. Republicans who support the change say it will help keep outside interests from influencing Missouri’s elections.
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A former Republican state representative has dropped out of a local state Senate race, leaving only a Democrat seeking the seat for now.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposal that would require a majority of votes in five
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An election to fill the vacant First Ward seat on the Columbia City Council will take place in August.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri has raised close to $5 million. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday announced a $4.8 million haul from January through March. The money is needed to pay workers to gather the voter signatures necessary to put the measure
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission will hold a public hearing later this month for the property tax exemption for seniors that was approved by voters earlier this week. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. The freeze has to be put into effect by county commissioners. Boone
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Columbia’s First Ward voters successfully recalled their city councilman Nick Knoth in Tuesday’s election.
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The Boone County Commission will set to work drafting a program for senior property tax relief after voters overwhelmingly passed the measure Tuesday.
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Columbia’s Second Ward will get a new representative on the City Council after Tuesday’s election.
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Jefferson City will have at least two new city council members after Tuesday’s election, with no incumbent in races in two of five wards.
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Columbia’ Ward 1’s First Ward voters are being asked at the polls Tuesday if they want to keep or recall their city councilman, Nick Knoth.
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