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Missouri’s State Treasurer is telling retirement systems and other organizations not to invest in China. Vivek Malek successfully lobbied the MOSERS Board not to invest their pension fund dollars in Chinese held companies … Malek says he hopes the Missouri Legislature passes laws barring those public dollars from going to potential …

Our storm starts out today with rain transitioning to a wintry mix. But the forecast is all over the map. ABC – 17 Storm Center is predicting light snow overnight. A transition to all snow is expected on Tuesday and wind speeds with gusts up to 40 mph possible. For …

The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis is expecting anywhere from one to four inches of snow in mid-Missouri between Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening (January 7, 2024 graphic courtesy of the NWS St. Louis Twitter page) While models have changed a bit, the National Weather Service (NWS) in …

University of Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois served as emcee for the 2024 Governor’s prayer breakfast in Jefferson City (January 4, 2024 photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) We’ll learn this month whether Missouri’s governor will propose a state employee pay raise in his budget. Governor Mike Parson will …

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) speaks in St. Louis on March 25, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Congressman Luetkemeyer’s Twitter) A congressman who represents part of Columbia and much of mid-Missouri will retire in December, after seven two-year terms on Capitol Hill. U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) made …

Plan to join us at Jefferson City’s National Cemetery so we can take down the Wreaths for Heroes. The wreaths went up on all the graves to mark the Christmas season. We need you and your pickups at the National Cemetery at 10-am Saturday January 6th. Weather permitting, we should …

The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says light snow is expected in Columbia this evening and tomorrow (January 5, 2024 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter feed) Motorists in Columbia, Jefferson City and throughout mid-Missouri could see light snow this evening and again Saturday from the late …

Third District Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer won’t run for another term. Luetkemeyer was elected to Congress in 2009. He’s a former state lawmaker and served as Missouri’s Tourism Director. Luetkemeyer’s district boundaries changed during the last cycle, bringing in parts of Boone County and Columbia.

State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) is pushing hard for a personal property tax cut this session. He notes 29 other states have eliminated personal property taxes. He describes the personal property tax as the crime you pay for owning your vehicle each December. Senator Eigel joined us live this …

The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled an April 9 execution date for convicted double killer Brian Dorsey. The 51-year-old New Bloomfield man is under two death sentences for shooting and killing his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben Bonnie on Christmas Eve 2006. Both victims were shot in the …