Former State Sen. and outspoken conservative Bob Onder (R-Lake St. Louis) has announced that he’s seeking the GOP nomination for Missouri’s third congressional district seat in August. Incumbent seven-term U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) is not seeking re-election. The sprawling district includes Columbia south of Broadway, Ashland, Jefferson City, Fulton, Holts Summit, Boonville, California, New Florence, Linn, Warrenton and also St. Charles County. Former Senator Onder describes St. Charles County, his home county, as a solid conservative county. Senator Onder joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that he has 70 percent name ID in St. Charles County and 46 percent name ID districtwide. Former Senator Onder says he’s switched from the lieutenant governor’s race to the congressional race because the nation is in a crisis of Washington’s making. Onder says liberal Democrats and what he calls “weak Republicans” are not listening to voters. He says he can win the race. State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) is also seeking the GOP nomination in the race:
Average price of a single family home in Columbia/Boone County up 45 percent since 2019
The Columbia Board of Realtors says single-family home sales in Columbia and Boone County decreased 13 percent in 2023.
Columbia Board of Realtors chief executive officer Brian Toohey says the average price of a single-family home increased five percent in 2023 to about $343,000, while the median price increased five percent to about $303,000.
The Columbia Board of Realtors says the average and median price for a single-family home in Boone County has increased 45 percent since 2019. They also say building permits in December were up 46 percent from last year, with permits increasing in Columbia, Ashland and Boone County. They say one reason for the jump is that permits in December 2022 plummeted 55 percent from the year before.
UPDATE: Columbia Police arrest one after man shot and killed at gas station
Columbia Police say a man who was shot at the Phillips 66 on West Boulevard Thursday night has died from his injuries.
CPD investigators say the incident happened at about 8:30 pm at the gas station, which is near I-70 Drive Southwest. Columbia Police spokesman Christian Tabak tells our news partner KMIZ that the adult male victim was shot twice. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he died. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. CPD detectives arrested the suspect at the gas station. The suspect’s name hasn’t been released either.
Columbia Police are continuing their investigation, and they encourage anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at (573) 875-TIPS. You can remain anonymous.
(LISTEN): Missouri Congressman Graves says $93-million in extra money for I-70 will also help I-44
The dean of Missouri’s congressional delegation who’s the powerful U.S. House Transportation Committee chair has helped Missouri land $93-million in additional funds to be put toward I-70.
Construction will start this summer between Columbia and Kingdom City on Missouri’s $2.8 billion plan to rebuild aging I-70 and expand it to six lanes between St. Louis and Kansas City. Governor Mike Parson announced the $90-million-plus in funding during his January 24 State of the State address. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (Tarkio), who chairs Transportation, describes the additional money as huge.
“And it’s going to go to three segments on I-70. With the improvements that I-70 is going to be doing as a result of the work that the governor did and as a result of the work that the (state) Legislature did when it comes to getting more money into highway projects,” Graves says.
The $93-million will also free up money to go to other projects. Congressman Graves says it will also help heavily-traveled I-44. Governor Parson wants to use the additional money to establish the I-44 improvement fund. Chairman Graves, whose district includes mid-Missouri’s Moberly and Mexico, explains how that will work.
“And so what that does is it does allow for money that would have been used on those particular segments of I-70 (across Missouri) to now being moved over to I-44, the state dollars that were going to be used. So it does supplant a lot of those dollars and it’s just going to make the whole process that much better and get that much more done,” says Graves.
While some GOP members of Congress have criticized U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Chairman Graves praises the Secretary’s accessibility.
“You know the Secretary has been very open to talk to and easy to find. If I need to talk to him about anything, I just call his cell phone,” Congressman Graves says.
Graves says he’s spoken to the Secretary about the $93-million in additional funding that Missouri has received.
Congressman Graves also tells 939 the Eagle that we’ll see a lot of transportation improvements due to actions in the past few years from Governor Parson and from state lawmakers.
(LISTEN): State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) tells 939 the Eagle that we could see initiative petition reform and education reform legislation in the Senate in Jefferson City next week. Initiative petition reform has been a priority for Pro Tem Rowden and for the Senate Freedom Caucus. They say a simple majority is too easy for out-of-state groups to change the Missouri Constitution. Democrats oppose the proposed changes involving initiative petitions, saying Republicans are not listening to the will of voters statewide. Democrats also say a simple majority should rule. State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) supports IP reform but thinks supporters need to do a better job of messaging that. She joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that initiative petition reform sounds like she needs to fix her computer. Senator Coleman, who’s seeking the GOP nomination for Missouri’s soon-to-be-open Third Congressional District seat, says there have been more than a dozen changes to the state Constitution in the past 20 years. She’s also pleased with the Missouri House’s passage of open enrollment legislation, saying education freedom is becoming more and more popular. She also addressed some of the chaos that’s been happening in the Missouri Senate, and the tension between Senate GOP leaders like Rowden and the Freedom Caucus:
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