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Jazsmin Halliburton

Jazsmin Halliburton joined ABC 17 News as a multimedia journalist in October 2023.

She is a graduate of the A.Q. Miller School master’s program at Kansas State University.

CPS health science high school to open as soon as next school year

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education held a work session Thursday morning to discuss lottery school updates and the potential addition of a “health science high school.” According to the meeting agenda, lottery schools are specialized schools that admit students through a random drawing. CPS lottery schools feature specialized instruction areas such as

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Appeals court to hear oral arguments over Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine Homecoming parade ban

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Oral arguments are set to be heard Wednesday morning in the case of a University of Missouri student group that was excluded from marching in Mizzou Homecoming parades. Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit against university President Mun Choi after it was banned from participating in the 2024 and

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People Not Politicians files emergency appeal after 2022 congressional map ruled unconstitutional

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ongoing saga over which congressional map Missouri will use for the November election takes a new turn after People Not Politicians filed an emergency appeal to the Eighth District Court of Appeals late Monday night. This comes after the Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state’s current plan

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Republican lawmakers argue during hearing that 2025 congressional map should be used in November

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Representatives for U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, State Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) and others asked judges with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a lower court to use the 2025 “Missouri First” map in the November election. People Not Politicians, which was intervening in the case also asked the judges

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Missouri State Board of Education approves A-F school and district grading framework

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Board of Education approved a new A-F school and district grading framework Tuesday, with one board member voting against it. The vote approves the formula the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will use to calculate letter grades for public schools, charter schools and districts. In January,

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Whistleblower says he was fired for raising concerns that included overturned Saline County election

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former head of election integrity for the State of Missouri sued his ex-boss on Monday, alleging retaliation after he reported wrongdoing. Hoskins is accused of firing former Director of Election Integrity Nicholas La Strada for “blowing the whistle on fabricated evidence and a decision to overturn a certified election,” according

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Missouri Supreme Court finds Hoskins was in contempt by ordering use of new congressional map

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt Thursday, but said he has since reversed his contemptuous behavior and “purged” himself of contempt by ordering the use of a 2022 congressional map for the November election. Hoskins had said just before the 2 p.m. hearing Thursday that

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New stadium upgrades and concessions in place ahead of Mizzou football home opener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will see changes to their game-day experience at Faurot Field this season, including stadium upgrades, concession stand additions and travel impacts on I-70. Fan Experience Fans will see new enhancements to Memorial Stadium this season as Mizzou Football kicks off the 2026 season against the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff

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Judge denies motion to revoke bond for man charged in 2020 Columbia nightclub shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged in a deadly 2020 Columbia shooting will not have his bond revoked after arguments in Monday morning’s pre-trial hearing. Curtis Allen Lewis is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with a shooting that killed Tershawn Kitchen. Kitchen was a

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