(AP) A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as part of a $1 trillion total package. That’s according to people briefed on the plan. Negotiators are trying to strike a deal on President Jo...
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Columbia city manager to retire in January
Columbia’s city manager will retire at the start of next year. John Glascock announced Thursday his last day will be Jan. 14, 2022. Glascock took over the city manager position in November 2018. He has worked for Columbia’s city government ...
Read More »Hartzler officially announces bid for US Senate
Vicky Hartzler has thrown her hat in the ring for the 2022 U.S. Senate race. Columbia’s Republican U.S. Representative made the announcement Thursday. Former governor Eric Greitens, attorney general Eric Schmitt, and lawyer Mark McCloskey have already ...
Read More »Jefferson City man arrested after confrontation with police
A Jefferson City man is in jail after allegedly threatening family and officers with a gun. Police said Wednesday Nicholas Bliesath is charged with several felonies after the incident Tuesday. Investigators say Bliesath called 9-1-1 demanding that offi...
Read More »Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law
(AP) A federal appeals court panel has blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis handed down th...
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