by admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Politics / Govt
State lawmakers return to the Capitol today for the annual Veto Session. It appears that though there might be a lot of talk, there likely won’t be any vetoes overturned. Governor Nixon, a Democrat, signed 139 bills . He vetoed 23 and made line-item vetoes in 11...
by admin | Jan 11, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Whether a state prisoner is mentally retarded is a life or death question before the State Supreme Court. While serving a 30-year sentence for rape and sodomy, Steven Parkus strangled to death a fellow inmate. He was sentenced to death. In 1999, Governor Carnahan...
by admin | Sep 18, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A five-mile stretch of Interstate 44 often traveled by the Carnahan family has been named the Mel Carnahan Memorial Highway in honor of the late Governor. Carnahan’s widow, Jean – a former U.S. Senator – says she remembers many trips in the family...
by admin | Jul 12, 2005 | Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt has made a stop in Springfield to announce his nominee for the Missouri Conservation Commission is Chip McGeehan from Marshfield. Blunt says McGeehan will be the first person from the Springfield area to serve on this commission in over a decade....
by admin | Jun 29, 2004 | Crime / Courts
The Carnahan family has decided not to pursue a new trial asking for punitive damages from an airplane parts manufacturer. The family had received about $2.4-Million from Parker-Hanifan, the maker of a part on the plane the crashed almost four years ago, killing...
