State Rep. Connie Johnson does not meet the residency requirements to run for Senate in the 5^th District and should be removed from the ballot, a judge has ruled.

Judge Douglas Long’s ruling chided Johnnson for attempting “at the eleventh hour, to cloud the…

Most of you have probably already seen it. It was well-timed for the evening news.

But for those that haven’t, I’ve posted the video from John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama over at DC Download.

Thoughts? Does this matter? Edwards…

Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, just did a slow burn on the Senate floor when he found out that Speaker of the House Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, is sitting on the village law repeal that passed the House earlier this…

A group of young student lobbyists tasted success Wednesday night.

The Legislature passed and sent to the governor a bill making the ice cream cone Missouri’s official state dessert.

As the youths looked on from the upper gallery, the House…

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin , R-Mo., announced today that he voted “against a 44 percent increase in government spending in the $307 billion farm bill.”

Otherwise known as the ”Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,” the bill is estimated to cost the…

While spats ruled the day in Jefferson City, there was one big exception.

A House-Senate conference committee easily agreed tonight on a measure aimed at keeping property taxes from soaring after reassessment.

The bill would require local governments to roll…

With Sen. Barack Obama campaigning as though he’s the Democratic nominee, I sought out some analysis from the folks he’ll need come November: voters in rural Missouri.

Yesterday, I spoke with Brenda Woemmel, the chair of Cape Girardeau County’s Democratic central…

As the village law standstill plays itself out, legislation concerning illegal immigration hangs in the balance. And earlier this afternoon, Gov. Matt Blunt warned that he would call legislators back for a special session if an immigration bill isn’t passed.

“Now…

NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, the state counterpart of the national abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America, conducted 8,500 robo-calls this afternoon in the wake of the national group’s endorsement today of Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama.

The robo-call emphasizes that Missouri…

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, a Republican from Rolla, Mo. who’s running for governor, launched a statewide TV ad campaign today.

She’s  vying with U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia, who also began airing his ads Wednesday in southwest Missouri.

Like Hulshof’s spot, Steelman’s…