The dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session, and there were some casualties. One of them was a bill that included incentives to help finance stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Royals. The stadium bill and another that included money for several Mid-Missouri construction projects were left hanging when the Senate decided
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Missouri’s Republican legislative leaders took extraordinary steps to repeal sick leave requirements approved by voters in November. The chamber’s GOP majority invoked a “previous question” motion to shut down debate and force a vote on the bill that would make changes to Proposition A, which more than 57% of voters approved in November. The bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Senate Republicans opted for a rarely used procedural measure Wednesday to stop debate and force votes on a ballot measure that would repeal Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, and a bill to repeal voter-approved sick leave requirements. Republican leaders put forward a “previous question” motion to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley appeared on CNN on Wednesday to discuss his opposition to Medicaid cuts. Hawley, a Republican, has defied party leadership by opposing Medicaid cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. The House has been working on the budget plan this week. “My state is a
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The final hours of the 2025 legislative session are ticking down, and a plan to help fund stadium upgrades for Kansas City sports teams is at the center of a power struggle in the General Assembly. The Missouri House has approved the incentives. However, they’ve been held up in the Senate, where a bipartisan group
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Editor’s Note: A sentence referencing an executive order from the 1800s has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A longtime U.S. senator from Missouri with roots in Audrain County had died. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a news release that Christopher “Kit” Bond died early Tuesday in St. Louis at age 86. He was originally
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It’s going to get hot this week. Temperatures are forecast to be in the 80s all week, maybe even coming close to 90 degrees later in the week. And it’s not quite mid-May yet. We’ll get well above the average high, which is in the mid-70s. But we’ll stay well below Monday’s record high of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was charged Saturday after his arrest for allegedly attacking his mother with a knife, slashing her in the forehead. Andrew Henderson is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action for the alleged attack in an apartment on Dewberry Drive, according to court records. Deputies found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Customers stopped a domestic assault in progress in a bathroom at the Jefferson City Hy-Vee store Saturday, according to court documents. The assault took place when Jeremie M. McClain, 33, of Jefferson City, followed a woman into the bathroom and assaulted her after she tried to end their relationship, a probable
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man remained in the Cole County Jail on Monday after he was charged the previous day with punching a 7-year-old in the head. Ryan J. Duhon, 34, is charged with first-degree assault, third-degree assault and child abuse for the incident at a mobile home park in the 5100
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is accused of shooting another man who was walking through yards in a residential neighborhood Friday. Kieran R. Piersee, 18, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon for the Friday night shooting in the 900 block of Moss Street. An initial
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Missouri’s Major League Baseball franchises are on hot streaks. The St. Louis Cardinals have won eight straight games, while the Kansas City Royals are 7-3 over their last 10 contests. The Royals have been more consistent over the season, posting a 24-18 record compared to the Cardinals’ 22-19. But the Redbirds are red hot right
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A new pope was chosen on Thursday. And for the first time in centuries of church history, he’s an American. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pontiff and chose the name Leo XIV before greeting the faithful in St. Peter’s Square. Leo has already drawn comparisons to his predecessor, Pope Francis. He’s the first American
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The Department of Health and Senior Services on Wednesday introduced a pilot program to collect information about autism. The program would harvest data from Medicare and Medicaid, including insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data. It’s part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to find the causes of autism by September. The plan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people with active warrants were arrested following a standoff in north Columbia on Wednesday evening. Columbia Police Department Lt. Neal Segwick said at the scene that the street crimes unit received a tip that someone with a warrant in the area. The man was not from Columbia. The man barricaded himself
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bill is heading to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk that would end income taxes on capital gains. The Missouri House approved HB 594 on a 102-41 vote Wednesday. The bill, already approved in the Senate, would exempt proceeds from sales of assets from income taxes. The legislation was a priority for
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For more than 80 years, the prison on Alcatraz Island has been mostly a museum. But President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wants to reopen the prison on the island. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he was directing officials to research reopening the prison to house America’s most violent criminals.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound Interstate 70 was at a standstill Monday afternoon after a crash near the Millersburg exit in Callaway County. No one was hurt in the crash at the 136-mile marker between Columbia and Kingdom City, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a social media post. The collision blocked one lane of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Monday in connection with two shootings that happened weeks apart. Joshua A. Abrams, 23, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in an April shooting in Downtown Columbia and another shooting last week in north Columbia. He was arrested over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man was charged with murder Monday after a deadly weekend shooting in northern Boone County. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He plead not guilty in his arraignment Monday. The Boone County
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