Lukas Udstuen

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Fewer Mo. voters turn out this year than last presidential election
• Libertarian Mo. senate candidate garners 6 percent of the vote
• Boone County approves quarter cent sales tax increase

Numbers released by the Missouri Secretary of State’s office show 65.7 percent of registered voters across the state, or approximately 2.7 million people, turned out for this year's presidential election.  That’s a decrease from the record number of participants in the 2008 presidential election, where a record 2.9 million voters (69.4 percent of registered voters) turned out.

In the August primary, Boone County had the lowest voter turnout rate of any county in Missouri at 16.7 percent.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Hartzler holds on to U.S. 4th District, defeats Hensley
• Democrats Webber, Wright win state house seats
• Luetkemeyer wins re-election to US House in 3rd District

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• No more trash talk: Columbia to stick with trash bag system
• Columbia City Council approves special election to replace Helen Anthony
• MU School of Nursing receives $15M grant

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Mo. state workers off on Black Friday as economy improves
• Columbia Housing Authority aims to eliminate discrimination with policy change
• Mo. plays role in fracking boom with silica sand

Governor Jay Nixon today signed an executive order to close state offices on Black Friday, Nov. 23, in part because state revenues have increased. State Budget Director Linda Luebbering said the state’s revenue collections are up by 7.5 percent compared with last year.

“We’re beginning to see the improving economy’s impact on our revenue collections," Luebbering said. "It’s always a lag as the economy improves – takes a little while for that to start showing up in our revenue collections."

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Judge denies Ryan Ferguson habeas corpus
• McCaskill resumes campaign following mother's death
• MU awarded grant for a Terrorism and Disaster Center

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Ameren Rallies Support For Nuclear Plans
• Voter turnout forecast at 72 percent in Missouri
• Boone Hospital Center President steps down

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Mo. Task Force 1 rolls east in wake of Hurricane Sandy
• MU hosts bi-annual Diversity Summit
• Hartzler's "Vicky for Jobs" tour stops in Columbia

Missouri Task Force 1 departed for the East Coast overnight in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

The Missouri team includes 80 personnel and more than 100,000 pounds of equipment.

Task Force 1 teams in other states deployed yesterday afternoon, including teams from Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also put several other task forces on alert, including teams in Arizona, California, and Florida.

Missouri’s Task Force 1 plans to arrive in Herndon, VA by 5 p.m.