State Auditor Susan Montee will be downtown this morning, offering a Democratic response to today’s visit by GOP presidential nominee John McCain.

McCain will stop by the St. Louis County estate of Stephen Brauer, former ambassador to Belgium, for a pricey fundraiser…

The right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board took Gov. Matt Blunt to task this morning for what it calls a contradictory approach to foreign investment.

The Journal — in an editorial titled “This Bud’s for Whom?” — criticized Blunt for courting the…

Amy Blunt , the governor’s sister, no longer has to worry about losing her job at Lathrop & Gage in Kansas City.

On Thursday, the Senate softened a conflict-of-interest provision that had been aimed at making her law firm choose between…

Rex Sinquefield’s objections notwithstanding, the House gave final approval in a jiffy today to a bill offering mega-tax breaks to a Canadian aircraft firm.

The vote was 125-16. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is having more trouble.

Under…

In a missive sent out today, mega-political contributor Rex Sinquefield offers his thoughts on the mega-tax break bill moving through the Legislature.

He doesn’t like it.

Sinquefield’s article, co-written with University of Missouri-Columbia economist Joe Haslag, takes aim at the unprecedented…

Sen. Jack Goodman had planned to start work soon for a large law firm. He has been shutting down his private law practice in Mt. Vernon.

But now, he is in limbo, the unintended casualty of a Senate amendment attached…