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Governor To Fill Vacancies When Things Settle Down
As a result of resignations or elections to higher office, four of the state's legislative...
New Man Heading State Insurance Department Focuses On Health Care
The new man in charge of the State Insurance Department thinks it's time some attitudes about...
Conspiracy Theory?
Televangelist and former candidate for Missouri governor Larry Rice is suggesting there might be a...
Holden Praises Teaching Of Children … And Women, Too
Governor Bob Holden is praising the Missouri House for passing two key pieces of his leglslative...
Bond Takes Aim At Voter Fraud
Senator Christopher Bond has introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to deal with voter fraud....
Legislation In The Family Way
Five Senate bills dealing with children and the family have been put under one umbrella, approved...
Ashcroft Blasts Racial Profiling
U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft has used a Washington, D.C., speech to the National League of...
Hancock Ruling Fails To Change Holden’s Budget Plan
Governor Bob Holden says the recent Hancock Amendment ruling by the State Supreme Court does not...
Legislative Leaders Offer Mixed Reaction To Hancock Ruling
Legislative leaders say the State Supreme Court ruling on Hancock Amendment refunds removes some...
Supreme Court rules on Hancock case
An opinion by the Supreme Court of Missouri dashes hopes of business groups and others trying to...
Smokin’ The Bipartisan Peace Pipe
A bipartisan proposal to spend the billions of dollars coming to the state from the national...
Gaw-n To A New Job
Former Missouri House Speaker Steve Gaw of Moberly is geared to take a new job in state...
The Quest For A Simple Majority
There is a good deal of debate in the General Assembly over the best way to take care of school...
Two Months And Counting
Jean Carnahan is into her third month as a United States Senator. During a Missouri Democratic...
Still Filling Holes
It's been two almost two months since Bob Holden was sworn-in as Governor of Missouri and he is...
Terms of Endearment
A key Missouri term limits provision has been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court...
Bond-ing With The Voters
Missouri's senior U.S. Senator is weighing in on the controversies surrounding next week's mayoral...
Budget Woes
Governor Bob Holden is concerned over the House's rejection of his plan to shore up an expected...
Springfield calls for convention help
Springfield officials are concerned the city might have to back out of tourism activities because...
St. Louis election to be scrutinized
Matt Blunt's staff is meeting with the St. Louis elections board this morning and with city...
Audit blasts dog inspections
An audit of commercial dog breeders operating in Missouri reveals many concerns about how the dogs...
St. Louis man serves at UN
It was a heady five months at the United Nations for a St. Louis attorney. Larry Carp is in the...
Emerson ponders 2002
A southeast Missouri Congresswoman contemplates the personal as well as professional impact of a...
Lawsuit costs Jackson Co big bucks
Jackson County has decided to settle for about a quarter of the money it sought in a lawsuit...
Ashcroft downplays GOP losses
Former Missouri Senator and current U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft warns against reading too...
Ashcroft takes the hot seat
Former Missouri senator John Ashcroft held his first news conference today as the U.S. Attorney...
Ozark FD cuts back on responses
Medical runs by the fire department in Ozark have been cut back because citizens have refused to...
Call him Professor Talent
Jim Talent went from U.S. Congressman, to candidate for governor, to college professor, all in...
Holden promotes .08 bill
Governor Holden says the state needs to pass a tougher drunk driving law before it loses even more...