State worker pay raises advance in Missouri legislature
An emergency spending budget to raise state workers’ pay unanimously passed out of a Missouri Senate committee Tuesday, putting it one step closer to the governor’s desk.
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Republican lawmaker argues requiring electric charging stations limits local control
A Republican lawmaker wants to block counties or cities from requiring businesses besides gas stations to have electric car charging stations.
Continue ReadingSUVs produced more planet-heating pollution than most countries last year, new figures show
By Laura Paddison, CNN While global car sales might have fallen in 2022, one type of car, with an especially large climate footprint, had a great year: The SUV. Last year sports utility vehicles accounted for nearly half of all cars sold, with particular growth in the US, India and Europe, according to the International
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Insider Blog: Tracking an isolated severe threat among Wednesday’s storms
BLOG SETUP A shortwave trough in the upper levels will bring a storm system through mid-Missouri on Wednesday. This will bring widely scattered thunderstorms through the morning and afternoon. Available to this system will be plenty of wind shear in the atmosphere. Essentially, high wind speeds and differences in wind speeds will be suitable to
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Tracking potential strong to severe storms Wednesday
Today: Temperatures continue to rise into the mid-50s with partly cloudy skies this afternoon. Winds remain out of the southeast at 8-12 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool towards the 50 degree mark as a few spotty showers enter the region to the north of highway 70. Extended: Early Wednesday morning after 4 am, showers and
Continue ReadingAfter a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make
By Brenda Goodman and Kyla Russell, CNN When Ben Ratner’s family signed up in 2021 to be extras in the movie “White Noise,” they thought it would be a fun distraction from their day-to-day life in blue-collar East Palestine, Ohio. Ratner, 37, is in a traffic jam scene, sitting in a line of cars trying
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WATCH: Biden speaks in Poland on anniversary of Ukraine war
President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday morning in Warsaw about the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Continue ReadingStarbucks displayed ‘egregious and widespread misconduct’ in union fight, judge says
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Starbucks has displayed “egregious and widespread misconduct” in its dealings with employees involved in efforts to unionize Buffalo, New York, stores, a National Labor Relations Board judge said in an order Wednesday. As a result, the company must reinstate and make whole a number of workers who were let go from
Continue Reading85-year-old woman killed after incident with alligator in southeast Florida
By Claire Colbert and Amy Simonson, CNN An 85-year-old woman walking her dog was killed Monday when an alligator pulled her into a nearby retention pond in southeast Florida, according to wildlife officials. Gloria Serge was walking her small dog along the pond in her community in Ft. Pierce when the alligator attempted to take
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Putin pulls back from last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the US
By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Lauren Kent and Radina Gigova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is suspending his country’s participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, imperiling the last remaining pact that regulates the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Putin made the declaration in his
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Tracking sunshine today and thunderstorms tomorrow
TUESDAY: Pleasant weather continues Tuesday, with highs in the 50s under mostly sunny skies. TONIGHT: Winds late in the day turn from the south after starting from the north Tuesday morning. This is accompanied by some high level clouds late in the afternoon that move in overnight. These features keep temperatures warming through the night,
Continue ReadingOnly 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN When being truly honest with herself, Seun Adebagbo says, she can describe what drove her to go to medical school in a single word: self-preservation. Adebagbo, who was born in Nigeria and grew up in Boston, said that as a child, she often saw tensions between certain aspects of Western medicine
Continue ReadingEPA says it will support East Palestine, Ohio, through the cleanup following the toxic train wreck. Here’s what it’s demanding
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The nation’s top environmental official promised to support East Palestine, Ohio, throughout the cleanup of a toxic train derailment there that fueled anxiety about potential health effects and said the train’s operator must pay to clean “the mess that they created.” The US Environmental Protection Agency ordered the operator, Norfolk Southern,
Continue ReadingMagnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes southern Turkey, killing 6 and injuring hundreds 2 weeks after massive quake killed thousands
By Jonny Hallam, Yusuf Gezer, Isil Sariyuce, Eyad Kourdi, Jomana Karadsheh, Celine Alkhaldi and Kareem Khadder, CNN At least six people have died and hundreds left injured after major aftershocks struck southern Turkey Monday, as the region reels from a devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people on February 6. A magnitude 6.3
Continue ReadingBiden issues a rallying cry in Warsaw: ‘Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia’
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden vowed in a fiery speech Tuesday to continue supporting Ukraine as it enters a second year of war, repeatedly denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and promising the United States would not waver even as the conflict enters a new, more uncertain phase. In his second major address in
Continue ReadingSupreme Court to hear oral arguments in Twitter case with broad impact on internet
By Brian Fung, CNN One day after Supreme Court justices debated whether Google and its subsidiary YouTube should be held liable for how its algorithm organizes ISIS content, the Court is set to take up questions of tech platforms’ legal exposure for user content in a Twitter case. On Wednesday, the Court will hear Twitter
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Local highlights and scores: Feb. 20, 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Helias Catholic (31) Jefferson City (53) FINAL Eldon (74) Cuba (45) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Calvary Lutheran (69) Climax Springs (40) FINAL Harrisburg (84) Fayette (49) FINAL Salisbury
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Columbia City Council approves to file application for federal funds to study Business Loop 70
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columba will file an application for a grant that will allow it to study Business Loop 70. At Monday night’s City Council meeting, the Downtown Leadership Council asked the city to file an application for the funding needed to improve the street. The City Council unanimously approved to file. The
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Columbia City Council approves tourism development funds for True/False
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council at its meeting on Monday approved tourism development funds for the True/False Film Festival, which takes place annually in Downtown Columbia. The resolution authorizes a tourism development sponsorship between the city and True/False this year. The festival will take place March 2-5. There will be roughly 130 screenings.
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Jefferson City Council approves agreement that looks to improve 911 response time
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night that aims to improve 911 response times. The city authorized an agreement between the City and Cole County for integrated computer-aided dispatch Cole County implemented a new emergency dispatch system last week. The dispatch system can combine the Cole County Communications
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