JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With less than 24 hours until the Missouri Legislature must adjourn for the regular session, several items labeled as priorities by key lawmakers are still in limbo. Lawmakers must stop working at 6 p.m. Friday, under the legislative rules. Distracted driving A distracted driving bill that establishes the Siddens Bening Hands Free
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state announced in a Wednesday press release that public and charter schools in Missouri can begin signing up for a state-funded mobile emergency alerting app. The Missouri Department of Public Safety has funding available for an emergency alert application to be available for public and charter schools across the state, according to
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican governor says he’ll force state lawmakers to continue working if they don’t pass bills on transgender issues before session ends in two weeks. A spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Parson confirmed Thursday that he’s ready to call a special session to get the bills
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials hoping to expand I-70 are at a crossroads. Gov. Mike Parson proposed the $859 million “Improve I-70 project” in January, aiming to improve areas of the interstate and expand parts into three lanes. However, the topic of funding has temporarily placed a hold on plans. In making budget cuts towards the
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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft made his campaign for governor official Thursday.
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Missouri’s governor plans to visit rural southeast Missouri on Wednesday, where tornadoes killed multiple people overnight.
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Watch a live stream of the vigil in the web player above. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered the United States and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff at all government building in the state Sunday in honor Hermann Police Sgt. Mason Griffith. Kehoe is the acting governor of Missouri while
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Hundreds of workers gathered in the Harry S. Truman Building atrium Monday to witness the governor sign their pay raise into existence.
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By Isabella Roberts JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson is planning on signing the emergency spending budget Monday at 2 p.m. at the Harry S. Truman office building. House Bill 14 is the supplemental budget for the 2022 fiscal year. It has funds for several state programs, including $149 million for the Department of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri state workers are about to get a raise. Gov. Mike Parson will sign HB 14 at 2 p.m. Monday at second floor atrium of the Harry S Truman Building in Jefferson City, giving workers an 8.7% pay bump. The location and time were released in a press release from Parson’s
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A bill that would implement Gov. Mike Parson’s 8.7% pay raise for state workers is now awaiting Parson’s signature.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In response to statewide backlash, Columbia Public Schools superintendent sent an open letter to Gov. Mike Parson about a field trip some students attended that included a drag performance. Parson is among several Republican Missouri politicians who spoke out Friday about CPS’s field trip to Columbia’s Annual “Columbia Values Diversity” Breakfast. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Gov. Mike Parson announced maternal mortality would be a priority for this year, one Missouri mother felt relieved, but still wonders if it’s enough. In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Parson said he’s requesting $4.3 million go towards the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop a
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Missouri’s governor is again proposing a one-year fix to pay teachers more in this fiscal 2024 budget.
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Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised tax cuts approved last year and highlighted his plan to fund education, mental health services and state worker pay raises in his State of the State speech.
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Parts of Interstate 70 in Mid-Missouri could expand to three lanes under a budget plan put forward by Gov. Mike Parson.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday that he wants an 8.7% cost-of-living raise for all state workers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Michael Parson helped kick off the 2023 legislative session in Jefferson City Thursday morning. The governor hosted the annual prayer breakfast at the Capitol Plaza Hotel from 7:30 until 9 a.m. On Wednesday, state lawmakers returned to the State Capitol for the first day of the legislative session. House leadership
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At the start of the New Year, several new laws and taxes will impact Missourians. Minimum wage increases The minimum wage in Missouri increased to $12 an hour starting Jan. 1. This is thanks to Proposition B, passed by Missouri voters in 2018. Under Prop B, minimum wage increased by 85 cents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Half of Missouri teachers leave the profession by their fifth year, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state is hoping increased salaries will prevent that. The DESE has proposed several ways to extend pay raises for teachers. Missouri still sits at the bottom nationwide when it comes
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