Vivek Malek will continue serving as Missouri’s Treasurer. The Republican easily won Tuesday’s general election over Democrat Mark Osmack, Libertarian John Hartwig, Jr., and the Green Party’s Reagan Haase. Malek also becomes the first person of color to be elected to...
The head budget writer in the Missouri House wants to be State Treasurer. State Rep. Cody Smith, R-Carthage, is one of six Republicans running for the office. He said spending six years as chairman of the House Budget Committee has prepared him to be Missouri...
Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek is drawing a hardline stance on immigration in his election campaign. The Republican recently visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona but drew scrutiny for going down there in his official capacity as state treasurer. He told...
State Treasurer Vivek Malek has reversed course on his office’s decision allowing decals advertising Missouri’s Unclaimed Property division to be placed onto unregulated video slot machines. Members of a Missouri House subcommittee spent two hours Tuesday grilling...
A popular low-interest loan program in Missouri has been suspended again. As promised, the MOBUCK$ program reopened on Tuesday. It opened after being paused back in May due to high demand and a limited budget. Then six hours later, it was shut down again because all...
