by Alisa Nelson | Jan 31, 2023 | Legislature, News
An annual Martin Luther King diversity event this month in Columbia caused an uproar because some students witnessed a drag queen show at the end of the program. The celebration was organized by the City of Columbia and had about 1,000 people in attendance. The event...
by Joey Parker | Feb 10, 2022 | Crime / Courts, Education, News, Politics / Govt, Show Me Today
Karli Jones says every single day when students walk into school they run the risk of being involved in a school shooting. She’s part of a small group of students from Columbia Public Schools working together to try to reduce the serious risk of gun violence in our...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 28, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Education, News
A Boone County judge denied Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s motions to immediately block mask requirements in all K-12 public schools in the state. The two-part request targeted Columbia Public Schools and asked for the injunction and the pending...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 5, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Show Me Today
State Attorney General Eric Schmitt is suing Columbia Public Schools and any Missouri K-12 public school requiring students and staff to wear masks. Schmitt, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, says a mask mandate “flies in the face of science, especially given...
by Ashley Byrd | Aug 24, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Education, News
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued Columbia Public Schools district leadership over mask mandates imposed to fight COVID-19 transmission. In a “reverse class-action suit,” the state’s top attorney is also suing any district that imposes...