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New Missouri law prevents local governments from imposing eviction moratoriums
KANSAS CITY, Mo — On Tuesday afternoon, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed SB 895 into law.
The legislation takes the power away from local governments to enact moratoriums on eviction proceedings and leaves it up to state and federal government.
During the pandemic, Jackson County and Kansas City joined several communities and municipalities that imposed the moratoriums.
The federal government issued a national moratorium for non-payment of rent.
“Luckily, I have never, never had to evict any of my renters,” said Curtis Jay, a KCMO landlord. “There have been renters behind, and we worked through it.”
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Jay might be a familiar face to some people as a former KSHB 41 news anchor a decade ago.
Now, he’s a landlord with several properties in KCMO. The new state law goes over well with him.
“When someone tells you at the government level, ‘Hey, you can’t evict,’ but the government is not paying your mortgage, we’ve got an issue,” he said.
There are 122,228 renter households in Jackson County and there have been 7,409 eviction filings in the past year, according to Eviction Lab, a national research team.
Gina Chiala’s team sees it on a regular basis.
“When you are a low wage worker and rents are as high as they are, it doesn’t take very much to put you in the cross hairs of eviction,” said Gina Chiala, executive director and senior attorney for the Heartland Center for Jobs & Freedom.
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Heartland Center for Jobs & Freedom represents people facing eviction.
Chiala believes SB 895 takes away protections for vulnerable renters.
“This is troubling,” she said. “I think it’s important local governments have the power and authority and ability to respond to local communities as they see fit.”
The law won’t take precedent over a state or federal mandate.
“It was an important policy during the height of the pandemic to protect the most vulnerable people,” Chiala said.
The legislation is a message landlords like Jay want to send that when rent can’t be paid, the bill should not have to fall on him.
“If the government stops the banks, then these landlords won’t have to evict, but will that happen? No,” he said. “Will utility companies offer free utilities? No. Will grocery stores offer free groceries during a pandemic? Didn’t happen. No. These are things — having shelter, having food, and having utilities are your basic needs. Were any of these things free during the pandemic? No.”
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Hey, Drake.
One year after a winless conference season, Missouri basketball is back in the Big Dance.
The Tigers’ turnaround became official Sunday when Mizzou learned it will be a 6-seed and face Drake in the Round of 64 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The game will take place Thursday, March 20, in Wichita.
On the other side of the pod, 3-seed Texas Tech and UNCW will face off for a spot in the second round. The announcement was made during the Selection Sunday show on CBS. Missouri held a live watch party at Mizzou Arena during the show.
Whoever wins two games in Wichita will travel to San Francisco for the Sweet 16 as part of the West Regional.
The tipoff time for Mizzou’s first-round game will be announced later Sunday by the NCAA.
The Tigers are only the third high-major team ever to rebound from a winless conference season and make the NCAA Tournament field the next year. Iowa State managed the feat in 2020-21. Maryland did it in 1987-88.
And after a 0-19 SEC season in 2023-24, Mizzou has done it in 2024-25.
Mizzou (22-11) had several signature wins on its résumé in the 2024-25 season. The Tigers beat then-No. 1 Kansas in the Border War in December, a top-five Florida team on the road in January, and secured a third top-five win of the season over Alabama in mid-February at Mizzou Arena.
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But after building a résumé that was competing for a top-four seed in the tournament, Missouri’s season entered somewhat of a lull.
The Tigers lost three straight games to close the regular season before beating Mississippi State on Thursday and falling against Florida on Friday in the SEC Tournament. Mizzou has now lost five of its past seven games entering March Madness.
Mizzou played without All-SEC forward Mark Mitchell against the Gators, as the forward sat out with a right knee injury. After the game, Mizzou coach Dennis Gates said it was his choice to sit Mitchell, who wanted to play.
It seems likely that the Tigers’ leading scorer will return to play in the Big Dance, meaning MU should enter the tournament at full strength.
Gates has often mentioned that this team has Final Four ambitions this season.
Now, the Tigers are officially getting their shot to prove that’s not just talk.
The road starts with Drake.
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Several violent tornadoes have been ripping through the US, leading to at least 32 fatalities after a storm system rapidly progressed across the country since Friday, reported the Associated Press.
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma are some of the worst hit states. Missouri recorded the highest number of deaths out of all the states, with at least 12 people dead.
Also Read: Rolla, Missouri tornado: Photos of storm damage surface – Track twister’s path
The death toll rose after eight people died on Friday, in Kansas, after more than 50 vehicles were involved in a collision on a highway.
“It was unrecognizable as a home. Just a debris field. The floor was upside down. We were walking on walls,” said coroner Jim Akers of Butler County, as quoted by AP, describing the experience of authorities attempting to rescue people amid the severe storm.
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The governors of Arkansas and Georgia have both declared a state of emergency as weather is expected to grow more extreme from late Saturday onward. Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee has also released $2,50,000 as a disaster recovery fund to help injured people.
Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt stated that 689 square kilometres of land had been burned in his state, along with 300 homes that were damaged or destroyed due to fires increasing due to the winds. Several communities have been ordered to evacuate.
Extreme weather conditions to continue
The extreme weather conditions caused by the storm system moving across the country, are set to affect more than 100 million people, across the US. The deadly winds have caused tornadoes and dust storms and even fanned the flames of several wildfires.
Also Read: St. Louis, Missouri: Tornado sirens sound as twister moves towards Union
The American Storm Prediction Centre claimed that the fast-moving storms posed a threat, especially if they exceeded hurricane force with a speed of 100 mph. They also said that tornadoes and hail “as large as baseballs” were expected on Saturday.
Eastern Louisiana, Mississippi through Alabama, western Georgia, and the Florida panhandle, are at a high risk for tornadoes. Meanwhile, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and New Mexico are likely to face wildfires.
Strong winds have also caused power outages for more than 2,00,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, as per the site poweroutage.us.
The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for parts of far western Minnesota and far eastern South Dakota. Snow is expected to accumulate up to 6 inches in these regions, with gusty winds of up to 60 mph speed.
While such storms are not unusual in the country during this time of the year, an official from the Storm Prediction Centre in Oklahoma said that these storms were unique due to their large size and intensity, which created a substantial impact on large areas.
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US: Tornadoes claim 26 lives, wreak havoc in Missouri, Kansas, other regions; state emergency declared – Viral Video | Today News
Devastating tornadoes tore through parts of the US, destroying schools and toppling semitrailers. The storm has killed at least 26 people, with more severe weather expected on late Saturday.
The death toll rose after a Kansas Highway Patrol report confirmed eight fatalities in a highway pileup caused by a dust storm in Sherman County on Friday. At least 50 vehicles were involved. Missouri suffered the highest casualties, with at least 12 deaths from scattered twisters overnight. Among the victims was a man killed when a tornado demolished his home.
“We have teams out surveying the damage from last night’s tornadoes and have first responders on the ground to assist,” Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on X.
She and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared states of emergency. Kemp said he was making the declaration in anticipation of severe weather moving in later on Saturday. Here’s a look at a few key updates
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