A Missouri House committee will hear testimony this afternoon on a Columbia state lawmaker’s bill that would require public institutions of higher education like Mizzou to have …
Read More »(LISTEN): Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) previews Missouri’s 2024 session on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) is seeking Missouri’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2024. Republicans currently have a GOP supermajority in the House of 111-51. Leader Quade …
Read More »(LISTEN): Boone Hospital Center’s new chief executive officer is praised by board
Boone County’s sixth-largest employer has a new chief executive officer. Brady Debois started this week. Boone Hospital Center’s board of trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett describes their …
Read More »(LISTEN): Top business leaders says child care is needed statewide to allow the workforce to return to work
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry president says the Show-Me State is missing out on more than $1-billion annually due to child care issues, including a …
Read More »(LISTEN): Missouri lawmakers, business leaders optimistic about bipartisan child care legislation
A veteran Missouri lawmaker who sponsored bipartisan child care tax credit legislation this year will pre-file the bill again on December 1. State Rep. Brenda Shields’ (R-St. …
Read More »Missouri has a child care crisis, top business group warns
The state’s most powerful business organization says the Show-Me State has a child care crisis that is costing Missouri more than $1-billion annually. Missouri Chamber of Commerce …
Read More »(LISTEN): Missouri Congressman Graves focusing on transportation, railroad crossings and federal employees
A northern Missouri congressman whose district includes Moberly and Mexico predicts the massive I-70 expansion construction project will increase traffic on Highway 36. Many truckers use 36, …
Read More »UPDATE: Menards stealing suspect described as flight risk by court
Two suspects accused of stealing merchandise from numerous Menards stores in Columbia, Jefferson City and several states have been captured in eastern Missouri’s St. Peters. Jefferson City …
Read More »Prosecutors: no decision yet on whether to seek death penalty against Columbia man charged with killing infant
A former Columbia resident remains jailed without bond this morning in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph, charged with first degree murder for the 2017 death of his infant …
Read More »Extradition ordered for Columbia man charged with KinderCare bomb threat
A Boone County circuit judge has ordered Columbia’s KinderCare suspect to be extradited back to Missouri from Kansas, per a warrant. 25-year-old Alexzander Green is charged in …
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