While he voted for it, a key Missouri House committee chair wishes lawmakers had handled the issue of starting teacher pay differently. House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee Chair Chuck Basye tells KWOS that school administrators don’t like the Legislature’s decision to increase the baseline salary for new Missouri teachers …

The first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Missouri Supreme Court was sworn in on Tuesday morning. The oath of office was given to Judge Robin Ransom at the Missouri Supreme Court building . The judge had served on the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals.

Do you think Cole County should have a leash law on the books? Voters turned thumbs – down on that idea years ago. Commissioner Sam Bushman says dog attacks out in the county are very rare, but they do happen occasionally … Bushman notes that even though Jefferson City has …

Governor Parson’s office has started the review process of the new congressional redistricting map approved by state lawmakers, which splits Columbia and Boone County into TWO districts. Columbia Democratic State Representative David Tyson Smith is critical of the new map, which splits Columbia along Broadway: Representative Smith says the split is “asinine,” …

Here come the roll carts. Columbia councilman approve the trash cart measure by a vote of 4 – 3. There was a ban in place on the use of the carts in Columbia. Residents have had to buy approved trash bags from the city. Jefferson City went thru the same …

Sara Walsh is no longer running for the US Congress. The Ashland State Rep. says she’s pulling out of the race for the 4th Congressional Seat. The redistricting map approved by the legislature moves Ashland, part of Boone County along with Cooper and Moniteau Counties to Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer’s 3rd …

Missouri senators pass a congressional redistricting map and call it quits for the year one day early. And Senator Bob Onder isn’t happy … Onder and his Conservative Caucus members voted against the map when leadership brought the bill out of committee. Onder called the Thursday maneuver a ‘sneak attack’. …

A Nebraska man is dead after a Friday morning Cole County car crash. Troopers say Omar Mendez Lopez ran off Frog Hollow Road. He was thrown from the car. A passenger had serious injuries. A motorcyclist has serious injuries after being hit a car Saturday on Missouri Blvd. Malik Davis …

(AP) — Missouri lawmakers passed few bills during the 2022 legislative session, in part because of gridlock in the Republican-led Senate. Senators adjourned Thursday after approving new congressional districts, cutting off work on all other bills. The GOP-led House continued work on the last day of session Friday to pass …

 (AP) — Finally breaking an impasse, the Missouri Legislature gave final approval Thursday to new congressional districts that are expected to continue Republicans’ electoral edge in a former swing state that has trended increasingly red. Missouri had been one of the last states to enact new U.S. House districts based on the …