Page 2 - Senator Eigel News Today

During the last two weeks of the session, The Missouri Times will bring you hourly updates of floor activity for each chamber. Below is all the activity in the Senate from Friday, May 12.

After two days of grindingly slow legislative progress, the senate finally came to a complete stop today as Senator Bill Eigel finally took to the floor.

Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) filibustered for the second time in two days as the legislative session comes to an end in two days.

The 21st is a new district that takes in 37% of the Kansas City suburbs in Clay County and 63% of rural central Missouri stretching all the way to Booneville and into Howard County. 

The race for Governor is a three-way battle in the race with Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, Senator Bill Eigel, and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft all in for the nomination. 

Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, expressed unease with the measure so soon after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.

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, ...