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06.24.2009 2:37 pm

Susan Montee’s audit turns up heat on housing commission

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Auditor Susan Montee weighed in Wednesday with sweeping criticism of the way business is done at the state agency that gives out millions of dollars each year in housing tax credits.

Montee said the Missouri Housing Development…

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06.23.2009 11:58 am

Clint Zweifel seeks ethics policy for housing commission

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
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JEFFERSON CITY – State Treasurer Clint Zweifel called Tuesday for a new ethics policy aimed at preventing state housing commissioners from having private financial relationships with developers who receive subsidies.

Zweifel is the new chairman of the Missouri Housing Development Commission,…

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05.06.2009 11:55 am

Missouri treasurer sorting unclaimed property

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Zweifel looks through the loot. Image from the Treasurers Office

Clint Zweifel looks through the loot. Image from the Treasurer's Office

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifel is giving away money.

His office is in charge of sorting through unclaimed property, and it’s the time of year where they have to start…

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05.04.2009 5:18 pm

Treasurer Zweifel gets his legislative package passed

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY –A bill championed by State Treasurer Clint Zweifel just cleared the Missouri House and is on its way to the governor.

The bill (SB542) phases out a statutory cap on the amount of interest the state can earn on its…

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01.12.2009 11:34 am

Nixon’s inauguration affected by weather

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
People try to stay warm as they wait for the inauguration. The crowd has filled out since this morning, when the capital was relatively empty.

People try to stay warm as they wait for the inauguration. The crowd has filled out since this morning, when the capital was relatively empty.

Even someone who won the election by almost 20 percentage points can’t make his inauguration day warmer.

With…

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11.02.2008 2:13 am

Democrats take team approach

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

The Democratic ticket promoted itself as a team Saturday in get-out-the-vote stops at four union halls in St. Charles County and St. Louis County.

All five statewide nominees — Jay Nixon, Sam Page, Robin Carnahan, Chris Koster and Clint Zweifel –…

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10.30.2008 3:47 pm

Jay Nixon fills Halloween bags with campaign cash

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You might say Democrat Jay Nixon has turned into Santa Clause with his sudden giving of campaign cash to other down-ticket Democrats, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves, holiday wise.

The Democratic nominee for governor, flush with cash and ahead…

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10.29.2008 12:24 pm

Michael Gibbons gets boost from Blunt, GOP

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Michael Gibbons

Attorney general candidate Michael Gibbons, a Republican from Kirkwood, is getting a late money boost from Gov. Matt Blunt and the Missouri Republican Party.

Gibbons is embroiled in an increasingly nasty race for attorney general with Democrat Chris Koster. The two…

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10.24.2008 9:21 am

Lager not really Blunt’s best friend

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
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Brad Lager

Anyone who knows Brad Lager well would be amused at Clint Zweifel’s ad calling Lager Gov. Matt Blunt’s “best friend.”

In his four years in the House and two years in the Senate, Lager has often been a thorn in Blunt’s side.

A…

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08.01.2008 3:37 pm

UPDATED: Who’s behind robocalls against Zweifel, Page?

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

‘Tis the season for robocalls, those automated political calls that flood the phone lines right before an election.

This time, Democrats contend there’s a new twist — namely, that Republican campaigns are calling Democratic households, to try to influence Democratic primary…

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