(AP) The Missouri Highway Patrol is reviewing claims that a state lawmaker had sex with a drunk 19 year old while serving as a police officer in 2015. A spokesman on Thursday said a local prosecutor asked the patrol to investigate 42-year-old Republica...
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(AUDIO) Columbia Regional Airport manager on recent rise in air travel
Mike Parks from Columbia Regional Airport joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday to talk about the recent rise in air travel at COU, and how the new terminal will help the local economy:
Read More »Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget
(AP) President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans. The w...
Read More »After delays, GOP poised to black bipartisan 1/6 riot probe
(AP) Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. That action would dash hopes for a bipartisan investigation amid a GOP push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Tru...
Read More »Marijuana arrests in state parks drop after policy changes
(AP) Missouri officials say arrests for marijuana use in state parks have dropped dramatically after policy changes prompted by the legalization of medical marijuana. The parks department issued new enforcement policies in April of last year. The Depar...
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