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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Groups of voters from Illinois and Massachusetts on Thursday filed motions to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, adding to the list of states where the former president faces a challenge to his candidacy under the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrectionist ban.
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A congressman who has represented parts of Mid-Missouri over several terms said Thursday that he’s stepping down when this one ends.
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Thousands of migrants continue to attempt illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border.
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state barring him from the ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was expected to also ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on his eligibility to return to the presidency in a related Colorado case.
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Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences.
Continue Reading CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are running or Camdenton’s Ward 3 Board of Aldermen seat, according to an email from the Camdenton City Clerk. Steve Eden and Don Neuharth are running for the Ward 3 seat in the April 2 election. Aldermen serve two-year terms in Camdenton. The deadline for candidate filing was Tuesday. Ward
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people have filed for the two open positions on the Columbia Board of Education for the April 2 election. Information from Columbia Public Schools’ website show Board Vice President Jeanne Snodgrass will be running for reelection. Alvin Cobbs filed to run, as has James Gordon and John Potter; the latter two
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nine candidates have filed to run for a Jefferson City Council seat for the April 2 election. One seat for all of Jefferson City’s wards will be open for elections. Candidate filing closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Councilmembers serve two-year terms. Councilmembers also have term limits of eight consecutive years. If
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates are sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. And he says he is open to debating a single Republican rival if a serious challenger emerges after the New
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Crane, who sits on Division 3 of the 13th Judicial Circuit, was elected Boone County prosecuting attorney in 1993 before winning election as judge in 2006. He has sat on the bench ever since.
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A Columbia nurse and union member says he’s running for Missouri’s 50th House District to make sure it stays in Democratic hands.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people who applied for the City Council appointment for Columbia’s second ward will be running for the seat in April. Robert Schreiber III and Lisa Meyer are planning runs. Rachel Proffitt was picked by the council last month to fill Andrea Waner’s open seat. Schreiber told ABC 17 News that he’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have applied for the two open Boone Hospital Trustee seats that will be on the ballot in the April 2024 municipal election. As of Tuesday, Gary Thompson and current Board member Judy Starr are the two people who have applied for the seats. Thompson currently serves as the CEO of
Continue Reading Candidates could officially put their names in for local elections starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Filing in most places will continue during regular business hours for the city or county government building until 5 p.m. Dec. 26.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gary Thompson, the CEO of Columbia Insurance Group, announced an intent to run for one-of-two open Boone Hospital Trustee seats in a Monday press release. Thompson will retire from Columbia Insurance Group on Jan. 1, according to the release. He was the CEO for 12 years. He is currently one of six
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