Findlay

JEFFERSON CITY — Gary Findlay, executive director of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, is getting an early Christmas present.

The board recently gave Findlay a $14,453 check as incentive pay for his work this year. The bonus equals about 6.4…

The Chase Park Plaza

JEFFERSON CITY — The 23 Republicans who control the 34-member Missouri Senate will gather for a retreat starting Friday morning at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis.

The powers-that-be will meet at the Central West End landmark…

JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon wants insurers to cover $72,000 a year in “life-changing therapies” for the mounting number of autistic children in the state.

Flanked by a bipartisan group of legislators, Nixon held a press conference in his Capitol…

Richard, left, and Nixon

JEFFERSON CITY — House Speaker Ron Richard and Gov. Jay Nixon have continued their battle to be the champion of families with autistic children today, with competing announcements concerning legislation in the upcoming session of the General Assembly.

Richard, a…

Dan Lee

JEFFERSON CITY — Winning re-licensure from the Missouri Gaming Commission was a snap this morning for the $564 million Lumiere Place casino in St. Louis.

Still undecided: whether regulators will mete out any discipline to the casino’s parent company, Las…

JEFFERSON CITY — Perhaps tiring of continued Republican attacks that she won’t take firm positions on important national topics, U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, issued a news release today backing President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy.

“I support the decision by…

JEFFERSON CITY — Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields unveiled new ethics legislation today. But a key plank looks a lot like old ethics legislation that courts have twice thrown out.

Shields wants to bar lobbyists from contributing to legislators’ and…

Yates

UPDATED: The governor’s office says it’s too late to put the 56th District seat on the Feb. 2 ballot. The final certification date for that ballot was Nov. 24. April 6 is a more likely election date.

JEFFERSON CITY — The…

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…