by [email protected] | Nov 9, 2012 | News
A former Speaker of the Missouri House has moved into position to make history in the state Senate. Joplin Senator Ron Richard was elected to the Senate after term limits forced him out of the House. He’s one of only 11 Speakers in Missouri’s 192 years as...
by [email protected] | Nov 8, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News
A proposal to change the way Missouri’s top judges are picked crashed and burned Tuesday. But supporters gave up their campaign early. Opponents of the plan that would have given the governor more power in picking appeals court and supreme court judges say it...
by [email protected] | Nov 7, 2012 | News
The next person in charge of Missouri’s elections is someone who barely won his election as Secretary of State. But State Representative Jason Kander closed with a rush of late-reporting votes from heavily Democratic urban areas to pass Representative Shane...
by [email protected] | Nov 7, 2012 | News
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has become the first lieutenant governor to be elected to a third term since Frank Gaines Harris in 1940. Kinder beat former State Auditor Susan Montee 1,316,655-1,211,352 to become the only Republican to win statewide office in...
by [email protected] | Nov 6, 2012 | News
Some voters might run into some problems at the polling place today. The state’s top election official says there are things voters can do to minimize chance they’ll have those problems. Some things are basic. Make sure you’re registered and make...
