08.18.2008 12:44 am
State Sen. Mike Gibbons, R-Kirkwood and the GOP candidate for attorney general, will be speaking to anyone who shows up Thursday evening at Java G’s Coffee House, located at 2031 Old Hwy 94Sin St. Charles.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.…

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08.17.2008 9:47 am
The state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Tax Policy is set to hold a public hearing Wednesday in the Wainwright Gallery of the Wainwright State Office Building,111 N. 7th Street.
The session begins at 11 a.m.
The panel says it “welcomes…

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08.16.2008 1:14 am
Missouri’s First Lady Melanie Blunt on Friday today sent out a release that “highlighted continued progress on restoration work currently underway at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion, including efforts to restore the mansard roof for the historic home.”
“ ‘As part of…

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08.15.2008 12:19 pm
State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, the Democratic runner-up in that party’s photo-finish primary contest Aug. 5 for Missouri attorney general, today announced that she’ll definitely seek a recount.
Donnelly, of Richmond Heights, lost to state Sen. Chris Koster, D-Raymore, by 794…

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08.15.2008 11:05 am
When it comes to nuclear power, gubernatorial candidates Jay Nixon and Kenny Hulshof seem to be reading from the same script.
I asked both of them yesterday at the ham breakfast where they stood on Ameren UE’s plans to build a second…

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08.14.2008 3:35 pm
My question to Kenny Hulshof outside the ham breakfast this morning led to one of the more interesting exchanges between the two campaign teams today on an issue that, frankly, has little bearing on whether Hulshof or Jay Nixon might make a better…

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08.14.2008 1:55 pm
OK, so the eggs weren’t green, and nobody really shows up for the ham, but I just returned to Jefferson City from the annual Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, and I thought I’d share a…

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08.14.2008 1:20 pm
A day after he addressed local United Auto Workers at a rally in Fenton, the Missouri State United Auto Workers today announced that it is endorsing state Sen. Chris Koster, D-Raymore, for Missouri attorney general.
Koster, a St. Louis native, is competing against…

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08.13.2008 3:52 pm
Pam Fichter, president of Missouri Right to Life, is emailing out copies today of her group’s defense against the GOP critics who have been blasting MRL’s endorsements and issue stances.
Right to Life has been at odds with some Republicans, notably…

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08.13.2008 11:02 am
Remember when Kenny Hulshof was suggesting that Sarah Steelman didn’t understand the “nuance” of Congressional votes? In his response to Jay Nixon’s first post-primary ad, the Republican candidate for governor seems to be criticizing the Democrat for having the same problem.
Of course,…