The Columbia Heart Beat

COLUMBIA, Mo 3/17/19 (Beat Byte) -- The University of Missouri School of Law excused Columbia Mayoral candidate Chris Kelly from admissions and attendance requirements when he was a Missouri State Representative and his wife, Federal Judge Nanette Laughrey , taught at the school. 

The revelations come after a national college admissions scandal implicated prominent actresses, hedge fund managers, and coaches.

 

School officials waived the requirement Mr. Kelly -- a Mizzou law school alum and former Boone County Judge -- take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) . He was the only student for whom the exception was made in 1985, Terry Ganey of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported at th...

COLUMBIA, Mo 3/12/19 (Beat Byte) -- A Columbia climate change forum took a wild turn Thursday night, when CoMo Mayoral candidate Chris Kelly lit into incumbent Mayor Brian Treece over an Arkansas-based Medicaid fraud probe.

Loud-talking over moderator Mark Haim , who intervened multiple times, Mr. Kelly prompted an audience clap-down he spoke right through. 

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"There is now a multi-year, multi-state Federal investigation underway of Brian’s longtime lobbying client, Preferred Family Healthcare," Mr. Kelly said, responding to a question about energy-efficient city buses.  "Now, there have been sixteen convictions and indictments for Medicaid fraud , for bribery, and f...

COLUMBIA, Mo 3/2/19 (Beat Byte) -- Columbia Mayoral candidate Chris Kelly came out swinging at a Wednesday night Race Matters, Friends forum , but not at his opponent, incumbent Mayor Brian Treece . 

Instead, Kelly fired volley after volley at the City Council, Columbia police, and the voting public, for "ignoring the consequences of breaking a promise" to the Chamber of Commerce and business community. 

That promise: the Henderson Branch sewer extension to Larry Potterfield's Midway Arms, twice-defeated by the Council .  Kelly premised his Mayoral run on reversing the decision, which so incensed Potterfield -- a millionai...