QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did your candidate or cause win on Tuesday?
Voters around Mid-Missouri cast ballots Tuesday in the annual municipal elections.
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Basye gets fourth in Columbia Board of Education race; does not get a seat on board
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former state representative gets fourth in the Columbia Board of Education race, just one place shy of winning a seat on the board. “If I had not of got in, the other candidates would not be talking about the stuff that I was pushing. Accountability, transparency, discipline problems in CPS and
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Waterman wins Columbia Ward 5 city council seat
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Donald Waterman has won a seat on the Columbia City Council. Waterman won the race for Ward 5 over Gregg Bush on Tuesday by a margin of fewer than 150 votes out of close to 4,000 cast. Waterman joined Chuck Basye and John Potter — two candidates running for a spot on
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Voters across Boone County approve marijuana sales taxes
Residents across Boone County and in its cities voted to impose 3% taxes on marijuana sales in their political subdivisions.
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Stormy Daniels ordered to pay Trump team another $120,000 in legal fees
By Dan Berman, CNN Three thousand miles away from his New York legal drama, Donald Trump secured a substantial victory in another court. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the former president in his effort to recoup additional legal fees from adult film star Stormy Daniels, who had filed and lost a
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump delivers barrage of false claims in first post-indictment address
By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump made a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday night after he was arraigned in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records — and delivered a barrage of false claims that have been previously debunked. Trump pleaded not guilty to all the charges Tuesday. The former
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ELECTION UPDATES: Three newcomers win Columbia Board of Education seats
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Continue Reading Who is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA leading the historic criminal case against Trump?
By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s first Black district attorney. Now, he is back in the spotlight after a grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump following a yearslong investigation into the former president’s
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump delivers barrage of false claims in first post-indictment address
By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump made a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday night after he was arraigned in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records — and delivered a barrage of false claims that have been previously debunked. Trump pleaded not guilty to all the charges Tuesday. The former
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Two incumbents win Jefferson City Board of Education seats
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Board president Scott Hovis was among the three winners for the Jefferson City Board of Education on Tuesday. Five candidates were listed on Tuesday’s ballots for three seats. Hovis and fellow incumbent Brad Bates took the most votes, with Suzanne Luther also winning a spot on the board. Michael Harvey and
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Trump can still run in 2024 election
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former President Donald Trump faced a Manhattan Judge Tuesday for an arraignment. Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to the Associated Press. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be criminally charged, but despite being charged the former president says he still
Continue Reading First lady Jill Biden will attend the coronation of King Charles III, White House announces
By Phil Mattingly and Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to travel to London next month for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, leading the US delegation to the highly anticipated event. President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles, the White House said, offering
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Complete April election results
Get full election results for Mid-Missouri here.
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Three new faces to sit on Columbia Board of Education
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will have three new faces when it meets again. April Ferrao, John Lyman and Paul Harper took the top three spots in the field of seven. The group included only one incumbent — Chris Horn. Horn came in fifth place behind former state Rep. Chuck Basye. Ferrao
Continue Reading Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Fredreka Schouten, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN In a first-of-its-kind criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump, Manhattan prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 presidential campaign. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney
Continue Reading Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Fredreka Schouten, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN In a first-of-its-kind criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump, Manhattan prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 presidential campaign. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney
Continue Reading Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records
By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday afternoon. Trump surrendered and was placed under arrest Tuesday before he was arraigned in a historic and unprecedented court appearance, in which the former
Continue Reading READ: Trump indictment and statement of facts related to hush money payment
By CNN Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Read the indictment and statement of facts here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading READ: Trump indictment and statement of facts related to hush money payment
By CNN Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Read the indictment and statement of facts here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading Democratic Illinois congressman announces daughter’s death
By Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Jesús “Chuy” GarcÃa of Illinois announced on Tuesday the death of his daughter. “Last night our beloved daughter, Rosa, passed away at the age of 28,” GarcÃa said in a statement released by his office. “Our family is completely heartbroken.” The congressman went on to say, “Rosa joined our
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