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Missouri Senate narrowly confirms former GOP chairman Todd Graves to UM Curators seat Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star Apr. 7—JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Senate confirmed former GOP chairman Todd Graves to a seat on the University of Missouri Board of Curators early Wednesday. Graves' nomination was advanced out of a Senate committee despite some objections last week, but soon slammed into opposition on the Senate floor. It came to a vote after close to 12 combined hours of filibuster, which forced Senate President Dave Schatz to table the nomination last Thursday and ...

Boone County has officially elected its first Black representative. David Tyson Smith, a local attorney and Columbia native, beat Libertarian Glenn Nielsen 75% to 24%, with all precincts reporting. Smith will replace Kip Kendrick. Kendrick served the 45th District from 2015-2021, resigning in January to serve as chief of staff for Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City. Smith, the anticipated victor, campaigned on a platform surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice reform. In a previous interview with the Missourian, Smith said he also plans to focus on educational funding and access, a...

The 45th House District seat wasn't supposed to be on the April ballot. Former state Rep. Kip Kendrick was re-elected to the post in November, his final term representing residents in Boone County. Gov. Mike Parson called the special election Jan. 27, and Libertarian candidate Glenn Nielsen and Democratic candidate David Tyson Smith on Tuesday will vie for votes to become the 45th District state representative. Nielsen, a member of the Missouri Libertarian Party for over two decades, decided to run after the events of the death of George Floyd last summer and the economic downfall due to the...

Missouri Senators, K-12 community work to navigate underperforming school problems The coronavirus pandemic’s increased challenges in education have fueled the Missouri Legislature’s efforts this session to make school choice measures a priority. Debate about these bills have been very heated at times. Photo courtesy of Tim Bommel, House Communications On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate Education Committee and representatives of the state’s K-12 public education world instead had a heart-to-heart about ways to address academic achievement levels within public schools. Their discussion cent...

A new bill introduced in the Missouri State Senate would remove the prohibitions on lawfully carrying a firearm on public transportation, but anti-gun advocates say the bill “could increase the likelihood” of more violence. Sen. Greg Razer, a Kansas City Democrat, says the legislation is simply a “bad bill,” but the editors of the  Kansas City Star are a bit more loquacious in their opposition. The paper claims in a new editorial that Sen. Bob Onder’s legislation is a “risk proposition that lawmakers should soundly reject,” though their argument leaves a lot to be desired. The...