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If lawmakers don’t pass the state budget this week, you’ll be footing the bill for them to come back for a Special Session in September. Mid – Missouri Senator Travis Fitzwater is still hopeful … The Freedom Caucus has tied up budget work with repeated filibusters at the Capitol. Special …

Jefferson City’s Capital Region Medical Center is visible from Highway 54 (2024 file photo courtesy of MU Health Care spokesman Eric Maze) A Jefferson City hospital that’s operated by MU Health Care has been honored for a higher-than-average number of families granting authorization for organ and tissue donation in 2023. …

The Boone County Courthouse is in downtown Columbia (2019 file photo from 939 the Eagle) A pretrial conference is set for Monday morning at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia in a high-profile Columbia hazing case that’s drawn nationwide media attention. The suspect is a former Mizzou student. Boone County …

Then-Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) presides over the Missouri Senate in Jefferson City on January 28, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Harrison Sweazea at Senate Communications) Boone County Republicans will gather Sunday evening to work to select a replacement for former State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) in the race …

This is the now-closed Noble hospital in Mexico, Missouri. It’s also been known as St. Mary’s Hospital (2023 file photo courtesy of “Mexico Ledger” managing editor Matt Pilger) The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and three other groups are urging the Missouri Senate to …

This is MoDOT’s rendering of the massive improvement plan for Columbia’s I-70 and Highway 63 interchange (May 1, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says you can expect nighttime lane closures on busy I-70 between Columbia and Kingdom City, once works begins …

What’s one of the biggest threats facing the world? Former U-S Congressman Tulsi Gabbard says it’s the fanatics in the Mideast … On Wake Up Mid – Missouri, Gabbard said she would gladly accept the Trump nomination for Vice President if asked. She served tours in Iraq and Kuwait as …

Cole County’s Prosecutor refiles felony charges against a Jefferson City man, including a charge of accessory to felony murder. Semaj Harris of Jefferson City, was charged on Wednesday. Harris had first pleaded guilty to robbery charges in exchange for murder charges against him being dropped. But now the Cole County …

Here is another view of Monday night’s blaze at Fulton’s Total Health and Rehabilitation Center (April 29, 2024 photo courtesy of Fulton fire chief Kevin Coffelt) This week’s blaze that destroyed a popular Fulton chiropractic facility is listed as undetermined. There were no injuries in Monday night’s fire at the …

This is MoDOT’s rendering of the massive improvement plan for Columbia’s I-70 and Highway 63 interchange (May 1, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Look for work to begin after the fourth of July on the massive $405-million project to rebuild and expand I-70 between Columbia and Kingdom …