While speaking about bipartisan efforts to boost the state and local economy at a luncheon Friday in St. Charles County, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon and Republican County Executive Steve Ehlmann recalled an across-party-lines effort they took part in two decades ago in Jefferson City.
Nixon
“I got to know the…
[...]By now you've heard the story of Alyssa Bustamante. The 15-year-old from outside Jefferson City is accused of digging a grave and then strangling and stabbing to death her nine-year-old neighbo...
Continue reading "Alyssa Bustamante: A Case Study in Why Not to Let Your Kids Go'" [...]JEFFERSON CITY — Investment staff at the state retirement system would not get bonuses in years when the system’s investments lost money under a plan that tentatively advanced today.
The board of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System voted to develop…
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Kelly, left, and Martin
Should lawmakers be given an open ended ticket to Jefferson City? Or should their stay be capped at a set number of years?
Those are the questions that will be argued tonight by a pair of politicians from…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — An obituary of former Jefferson County Sheriff Buck Buerger in today’s paper omitted the name of the young lawyer who beat Buerger in 1986, launching a lengthy political career.
Jay Nixon was the upstart contender for the state…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — The brouhaha over Katie Steele Danner’s two roles — and two salaries — in state government appears to be subsiding.
The Missouri Tourism Commission chose Danner on Tuesday as its new executive director, at a salary of $75,000. Then on Friday,…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — State Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, took advantage of a bit of a strange interview given by Thomas Schweich yesterday and announced today that he would serve out a full term as auditor if he were elected.
Schweich and Icet…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — A group seeking to change Missouri law so that employees can only form unions on secret ballots have survived a legal challenge to their proposed ballot initiative.
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan ruled today against a union-backed…
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JEFFERSON CITY — U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, continued her campaign strategy of avoiding direct positions on legislation under debate in Congress yesterday.
Carnahan, the Secretary of State, was asked at a news conference…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — A relatively eventful meeting of the Missouri Veterans Commission ended up escaping media scrutiny yesterday because of the hostage situation that turned out to be a hoax in the building next door.
Shortly after the commission meeting started,…
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Danner
JEFFERSON CITY — A shakeup at the Missouri Tourism Commission has put an ally of Gov. Jay Nixon in charge and left Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder on the outs.
The commission voted today to hire Katie Steele Danner as the new…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — In anticipation of an important election year in Missouri, the state Republican Party has hired a political director to coordinate efforts across the state.
Chris Roepe most recently worked as the chief of staff for Senate President Pro Tem…
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A Jefferson City SWAT officer prepares to enter the Governor's Office Building
UPDATE 2:00 p.m.:
It’s officially over.
The office building that was the site of an extraordinary law enforcement response has been cleared. Officials said whatever [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s plan to cut about 100 state parks workers has been scaled back, according to the Springfield News-Leader’s Chad Livengood. After various workers exercised seniority rights and jobs were moved around, only 48 jobs were cut, according…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — The day after Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that her office has made past state Blue Books available online, Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, has issued a news release repeating his past call to do away with the…
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Brown
JEFFERSON CITY — In a motion filed in federal court yesterday, former state Rep. Steve Brown of Clayton argues that he should receive a lighter sentence than the 15-to-21 months called for in sentencing guidelines.
Why? Because the Democrat cooperated in the…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — The state’s tax collections continued their steep decline in October, raising the possibility of more budget cuts.
Budget Director Linda Luebbering reported today that general revenue receipts plummeted 14 percent last month compared to October 2008. The state…
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The governor has called a summit to discuss DWI
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon’s DWI summit is underway.
The governor, moved by our investigative series that found widespread failures to punish drunken drivers, has assembled a team of 34 people [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — The little-used blacklist for Missouri casinos has gained another name.
Gambling regulators last week added Carolyn K. Yelton of Wellsville, Mo., to the list. The former bookkeeper pleaded guilty in April to embezzling more than $180,000 from the…
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Gaertner
JEFFERSON CITY — Gary M. Gaertner Jr. tried two years ago to make history and replace his father, Gary M. Gaertner Sr., on the Missouri Court of Appeals, but then-Gov. Matt Blunt appointed Kurt Odenwald instead.
Undeterred, Gaertner applied again, and…
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(Reporting with Joe Mahr.)
The governor has called a DWI summit
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has summoned police, judges, prosecutors and anti-DWI advocates to Jefferson City on Wednesday to discuss ways to better enforce the state’s drunken driving laws.
Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said…
[...]Dates:
St. Louis, November 10, 8am
Kansas City, November 11, 8am
Jefferson City, November 12, 1:30pm
This is a one-hour presentation of all competitive Missouri House, Senate and statewide
races as well a preview [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — My colleague Kim McGuire has posted on her blog more news of a staff shakeup at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources that might be related to the E. coli controversy at Lake of the Ozarks.
The news was…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — Planned Parenthood sued the state Wednesday to object to the language in two proposed anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell funding ballot initiatives.
The lawsuits, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, seek to stop the approval of language for a ballot initiative that…
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UPDATED: Nixon just made the announcement. He said Kerr, 56, will start work Nov. 9. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate.
Kerr
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s new economic development director will be David Kerr, secretary of the…
[...]Gov. Jay Nixon is announcing his state budget cuts in a Jefferson City press conference. The total: $204 million.
Nixon says he is downsizing the state work force, eliminating 450 part-time jobs and 200 full- time jobs. He is not cutting…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon will reveal his latest round of budget cuts tomorrow.
Nixon and his budget director, Linda Luebbering, will detail the cuts at an 11 a.m. news conference in her first-floor Capitol office.
Budget-watchers expect Nixon to chop…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri will require teachers to pay more toward their pensions next year.
Teachers in the Public School Retirement System of Missouri will put 14 percent of their paychecks into the pension fund to help offset the system’s stock…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY — For reporters and politicos who spend a lot of time on the Missouri Ethics Commission searching for campaign donations, life just got a bit easier.
The MEC has made two major changes to its database searches. Now,…
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