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The Jefferson City Council wants to help with recruiting for the Police Department. They passed a contract this week with a marketing firm to put together a plan to attract new officers. The Council also approved developing an internship program with Lincoln U law enforcement students with the JCPD.

Is this the year your lawmakers will raise the bar on getting changes to Missouri’s Constitution approved? The Initiative Petition measure to raise the percentage of votes needed to add amendments has failed in past sessions … Cole County State Rep. Rudy Veit isn’t sure an election year like 2024 …

The Missouri House says 343 bills were pre-filed on Friday, which was the first day to pre-file bills for the 2024 legislative session. “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that a lot of those bills are filed …

Crowds line up to participate in candlelight tours at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City on December 2, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Governor Parson’s Flickr page) Big crowds are expected again this evening for the final night of candlelight tours at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion in downtown Jefferson …

Two people are charged with drug sales and possession after a Friday traffic stop in Callaway County. Deputies pulled over a car on Route Z near Fulton. A K-9 sniffed out a large amount of Fentanyl. Matthew Newcom and Tedra Mason are charged with drug trafficking and possession.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is against a Biden Administration rule that seeks to require LGBT juveniles to be placed in foster care homes with individuals who are trained in gender identity issues … Bailey has teamed up with 18 other attorneys general who are telling the feds that the …

Firefighters aren’t ruling out arson as the cause of an apartment building in the 1100 – block of on East McCarty Street around 1-a.m.today. Jefferson City crews say the fire damaged one apartment and there is smoke damage in the rest of building. No one was hurt, but five people …

A big shake up at Capital Region Medical Center. The Medical Center in Jefferson City is merging with MU Health Care. President Gaspare Calvaruso, Vice President of Finance Tom Luebbering and Vice President of Patient Care Services Janet Pestle will all be leaving the hospital. MU Health officials say Denny …

Columbia’s city council has voted to approve an airport restaurant agreement with Blue Ribbon Vending LLC, which is also known as Jackson Brothers of the North. The council has approved a bill that authorizes city manager De’Carlon Seewood to execute the agreement. Blue Ribbon Vending will lease space in Columbia …

As much as $200 – million of Missouri state government employee pension funds are invested in firms with ties to China. State Treasurer Vivek Malek told the MOSERS’ board that those investments should be sold off immediately … The retirement system’s members rejected his request. Malek says with China’s military …