JEFFERSON CITY — Hunting with a former state representative yesterday on his Pulaski County farm, Gov. Jay Nixon shot a deer.
The outing with Democrat Bill Ransdall was Nixon’s second try. He spent opening day of deer season hunting in Clark…
Lamping
Come 2010, local Republicans are hopeful that they can take back the 24th Senate District, a cushy stretch of St. Louis County that includes Creve Coeur, Clayton and Frontenac.
For the past seven years, the district has been represented by University…
Kate Tansey
The St. Louis County Children’s Services Fund Board will try to establish a system of care for the children it is serving, Kate Tansey, its interim executive director, today told a caucus of the county council.
The board would be…
Sen. Roland Burris
WASHINGTON — While dodging questions about his ethics rebuke by the Senate on Friday, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., trumpeted progress in Iraq and reported that “morale is terrific” among American soldiers there during a Monday conference call from…
Corrigan
Bill Corrigan, the Republican candidate for St. Louis County Executive, released a tax reform plan Monday morning that would limit increases on property values and freeze the county’s tax rate.
“Unfair taxes are crippling the St. Louis County economy, halting growth, limiting prosperity…
Just in time for the holiday season, New York U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to examine if customers are getting the most mileage out of airline incentive programs.
Schumer, one of the Senate’s most prominent…
Calloway was arrested after grabbing a check book at the Northeast fire district
My colleague Elizabethe Holland reports:
Several hours following his arrest Sunday by the Beverly Hills police on a charge of second-degree robbery, Missouri state Rep. Don Calloway Jr., D-Bel…
Sen. Bond
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats looked to be on the verge of advancing legislation to overhaul the nation’s health insurance system despite spirited protests today by Missouri Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond and a unified Republican Party.
With a a key procedural vote scheduled for…
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…
Durbin
WASHINGTON — Chances are that Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln won’t be sharing her big secrets with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., anytime soon.
Durbin, the Senate majority whip, spent Friday afternoon backtracking from comments that appeared to out Lincoln as a supporter…
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