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Parson has shown increasing irritation in recent weeks toward anyone who dares challenge his leadership. He blasted House Speaker Rob Vescovo for shutting down the House chamber during a coronavirus outbreak among members, forcing Parson to deliver his State of the State speech in the Senate chamber instead. He blasts news media coverage of his pandemic response, as if reporting the facts about coronavirus cases and maskless Parson campaign events constitutes bias against him. But the facts spe...

Missourinet You are here: Home Missouri bills would move some local races and issues to a later election Local races and issues, like fire district and school board as well as tax increase and bond proposals, could be moved from April to later in the year. Some members of the Missouri Legislature have filed bills this session that aim to make the switch. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (file photo courtesy of the Secretary of State’s office) During a Missouri House Budget Committee h...

/ Nick Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County, was recently elected to be the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. For newly elected Missouri Republican Party Chairman Nick Myers, his primary goal as leader of the state GOP is pretty simple. “My goal is to elect Republicans,” Myers said. Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County and longtime party insider, said Missouri Republicans are well positioned to defend a U.S. Senate seat and capture the state au...

Lawsuits for potential COVID-19 exposure or poor products would have to be filed within two years after someone is injured.

KOMU 8 will continue to update you on COVID-19 throughout the day.

6:29 p.m.: CPS 14-day case rate surpasses 80 The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 21.9. The updated CPS student tracker shows 336 students in the district currently in quarantine and 50 active student cases. To break the student cases down:  Elementary schools: 180 quarantined, 22 positive cases, 18 out of 21 schools affected Middle schools: 60 quarantined, 10 positive case, 7 out of 7 schools affected High schools: 86 quarantined, 18 positive cases, ...

Missouri charter school expansion, tax-credit tuition vouchers bound for Senate floor by John Haughey, The Center Square  | January 22, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article A proposed bill that would allow charter school expansion and create a school choice tax credit scholarship passed its first hearing Thursday, but not before the measure morphed into an even larger omnibus package making it the 2021 session’s likely flagship education legislation. Senate Bil...

Republican lawmakers seek to curb local control over COVID-19 health orders By Tessa Weinberg Local control. On Wednesday, a Missouri Senate committee debated a slew of bills filed by Republican lawmakers that aim to strip local authority from city and county officials and health boards during states of emergency. Some bills would limit how often local public health orders and regulations can be implemented, including no more than a cumulative 30 days every 60 days or 14 days in a two-year peri...

Missouri lawmakers convene 2021 session amid pandemic, DC chaos by John Haughey, The Center Square  | January 07, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article Amid an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has only intensified since it short-circuited the 2020 session last spring, the Missouri state Legislature convened its 2021 legislative session Wednesday in Jefferson City. The 34-seat Senate swore in 11 new members Wednesday with Republicans controlling the chamber by a 24-1...