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State Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) speaks at Wednesday’s forum at Columbia’s Center for Family Policy and Research. Governor Parson’s legislative budget director Alex Tuttle is seated next to Shields (October 4, 2023 photo courtesy of Megan Davis at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry) A veteran Missouri lawmaker who sponsored bipartisan child care tax credit legislation this year …

Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) president Matt Nichols says his officers don’t feel appreciated and don’t feel valued. Columbia’s city council voted this week to approve a resolution allocating $25-million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. The CPOA is not happy because the council has not allocated any ARPA dollars as premium/hazard pay for law enforcement officers and …

Columbia Police say a second motorist has now died from injuries sustained in a horrific September 26 head-on collision on Stadium Boulevard, near West Boulevard. CPD investigators say 48-year-old Jesus Mendoza-Chavez had been hospitalized in critical condition after the crash, which happened at about 11:10 last Tuesday night. Mr. Mendoza-Chavez has now passed away. Columbia Police say he was driving …

State Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on May 12, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) 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 and Industry president Dan Mehan …

Mizzou’s historic Columns are near Jesse Hall (2022 file photo courtesy of MU News Bureau senior editor Sara Diedrich) Four Mizzou swim club members remain hospitalized this morning in serious condition in Illinois, following a horrific crash and chemical spill this weekend in the Land of Lincoln. ABC-17’s Hannah Falcon from our news partner KMIZ reports the four suffered chemical …