by Mike Lear | Nov 12, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
The Attorney General’s Office has said it will not seek additional charges against Ryan Ferguson, the Columbia man whose conviction for the 2001 murder of Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt was vacated a week ago. In a statement the Attorney...
by Mike Lear | Sep 18, 2013 | News
One Republican has made his candidacy for Attorney General official. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer has announced he will seek the office currently held by Chris Koster, in 2016. Schaefer, 47, is a former assistant Missouri attorney general and...
by Mike Lear | Jul 2, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
It sounds like Missouri’s House Speaker wants to move across the street when term limits take him out of the House at the end of 2014. Tim Jones (R-Eureka) has previously said he is considering several state offices for a 2016 run. He says one is beginning to...
by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2013 | Business, News
The Attorney General is asking the legislature for a source of funding to fall back on if a fix to the Second Injury Fund doesn’t become law this years. Attorney General Chris Koster says a court ruling could come at any time against the Second Injury Fund that...
by Mike Lear | Jan 18, 2013 | Business, News
Momentum is growing in the state House for the elimination of Missouri’s Second Injury Fund. The Fund was created in 1943 to encourage employers to hire World War II veterans who were injured but could still work. It would later pay compensation in cases of...
