About 1,000 Special Olympics athletes and their families are in Columbia this weekend for the Special Olympics Missouri state summer games. The three-day event starts today (Friday) and runs through Sunday, the first full weekend since 2018 due to the 2019 Jefferson City tornado and then the COVID pandemic. Governor Mike Parson is scheduled to speak …
Parson: Missouri’s new congressional map is constitutional
Missouri’s governor says the new congressional redistricting map he signed on Wednesday meets our constitutional requirements. Governor Mike Parson (R) notes the map maintains the 6-2 GOP majority. He also says that under the new map, district populations are equally proportional and district boundaries are contiguous. Those are the two key conditions required by the …
Basye: Rural Missouri school administrators worried about $38,000 starting salaries for teachers
A veteran mid-Missouri state lawmaker says tension over congressional redistricting kept the GOP-controlled Legislature from accomplishing a lot more this session. State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) says the issue dominated the entire session, including time in private House GOP caucus meetings. “Even on our House (GOP) caucus, we had hours I mean multiple caucuses to …
Archery legislation is heading to Missouri Governor Parson’s desk
Legislation designating archery as Missouri’s official state sport is heading to the governor’s desk, after receiving final approval from state lawmakers on Friday. The provision is sponsored by State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Speed), who represents six rural mid-Missouri counties in the House. Speed is a farming community in Cooper County. “Archery is the perfect thing to …
New Missouri congressional redistricting map heading to Missouri governor’s desk
With less than 24 hours to spare, Missouri lawmakers have approved a new congressional redistricting map that splits Columbia and Boone County into two districts. The line is along Broadway in Columbia. The bill is heading to Governor Mike Parson’s (R) desk. GOP supporters say it’s a solid 6-2 Republican map. But it also protects …
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