by admin | May 11, 2007 | News
Senator Kit Bond has taken an up close look at the flooding along the Missouri River and its tributaries, surveying the flooded areas in Cole and Chariton Counties following a meeting with State Emergency Management Agency and Corps of Engineer officials. Bond says...
by admin | May 9, 2007 | Politics / Govt
It appears Katie Smith’s nomination as State Agriculture Director will be confirmed today by the State Senate, but questions about her qualifications will remain. Smith grew up on a farm near Platte City, got a journalism-agriculture degree from the University...
by admin | May 2, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt has appointed the first woman State Agriculture Director and denies he sought a woman for the post to offset the fall-out from how the previous Agriculture Director left. Blunt has announced that Katie Smith of Platte City is his choice to replace Fred...
by admin | May 2, 2007 | Politics / Govt
President Bush’s veto of a supplemental funding bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan means negotiations are now underway to produce a new version of a funding bill – one that will satisfy both President Bush and the Democrat-controlled...
by admin | May 2, 2007 | News
Governor Blunt today named a former agriculture advisor for Senator Talent as the new director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Blunt has named Katie Smith as director to replace Agriculture Director Fred Ferrell who resigned in disgrace after an Agriculture...
