Jones

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State Sen. John Jones, R-Mt. Vernon, wants to remove the governor’s power to make executive appointments if arrested or during impeachment proceedings.

”If we’re going to clean up government, these kinds of appointments need to be halted,” Jones said in…

Blunt

Gov. Matt Blunt made a round of appointments this week, among the last that he’ll make as his term comes to close.

But don’t look for any shockers here — just yet, anyway. The board and commission vacancies that Blunt filled on…

When Gov. Matt Blunt last went out of town, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder joked about the plum positions he would dole out during his temporary promotion.

But now that Blunt is once more away from Jefferson City, and Kinder again acting governor, his…

Imagine a state agency with no ability to make decisions on hiring and firing of personnel. That’s what happened for months at the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, according to testimony at a House hearing today.

The seven-member board –…