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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water. The legislation that hit Parson's desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees. Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute. Treece has been a registered as a lobbyist since 1996 and also co-owns a consulting firm with his ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water. The legislation that hit Parson's desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees. Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute. Treece has been a registered as a lobbyist since 1996 and also co-owns a consulting firm with his ...

Viets is still waiting on an answer to his inquiry. The delay could be related to House Bill 685, Viets said. This bill, which included changes to requirements to run for public office, ultimately was vetoed last Friday by Gov. Mike Parson. An amendment added to the bill in a revision known as a Senate committee substitute through the Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee, chaired by state Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, would have allowed an exception to a law governing candidate committees and lobbyists. No attempt was made to remove the provision on the Senate floor, and...

"And now she's flying," Treece said. Treece made his statement Wednesday at Columbia College during a celebration and reception for the new Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship, which was unveiled last week on what would have been Wright's 20th birthday. Nadria was 18 when she died on Sept. 13, 2019. A freshman nursing student at Columbia College, she was a passenger in a car when she was struck by a gunshot intended for the driver. Columbia College teamed up with Regional Economic Development Inc. and the Missouri Women's Business Center to offer the scholarship. The scholarshi...

COLUMBIA - According to Boone County Health Director Stephanie Browning, cases in the county have tripled since June 21. She said the county has now reached case rates the department's contact tracers can't keep up with. She said those who test positive can expect to receive information by mail.  Browning told Columbia City Council members about the increase of cases at the beginning of the council's meeting Monday night. When Browning approached the podium to speak, Mayor Brian Treece said, "I'm sorry you're here."  Despite the increase, she said there are no plans at this time for a n...