Monday is the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, which is a federal, Missouri, county and city holiday. Banks and financial institutions are closed and there will be no regular mail delivery.
MLK Jr. Day is one of Missouri’s 13 official state holidays. The well-known civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Then-President Ronald Reagan (R) signed bipartisan legislation from then-U.S. Rep. Katie Hall (D-Indiana) in 1983, which created a federal holiday honoring MLK. This is the 40th anniversary of the federal holiday, which was first observed in January 1986.
Most federal, Missouri, county and city offices are closed on Monday, with the exception of sheriff’s departments and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Columbia’s city council meeting has been moved to Tuesday evening, due to the holiday. Most Columbia city offices are closed Monday, except emergency services. Residential curbside trash will not be collected on Monday and will be delayed by one day the rest of the week. Go COMO, which is Columbia’s public transit system, will not operate on Monday.
Most of Jefferson City’s 14,000 state employees are also off Monday, to observe the holiday.