06.03.2008 6:04 pm
Today saw a flurry of fracases in the longstanding e-mail fight between Gov. Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon.
When we left the duo a few weeks ago, Nixon’s staff was sending over copies of thousands of office e-mails to comply…

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05.19.2008 2:28 pm
In what apparently is a post-session GOP plan, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources — and soon afterwards, the state Republican Party — has gone on the attack today against Attorney General Jay Nixon, the likely Democratic nominee for governor.
DNR director Doyle…

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05.12.2008 12:00 pm
Several years from now, some enterprising reporter is going to be listening to war tales about this whole e-mail tiff that’s been ruffling feathers lately. The reporter is going to get an idea to file a new sunshine request, asking…

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05.07.2008 3:04 pm
Today, Gov. Matt Blunt’s office announced that it “is seeking e-mails and e-mail backup tapes from a state representative who has purported to be a champion of Missouri’s Sunshine Act.”
That legislator is state Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia and one of three Democrats…

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05.06.2008 9:35 pm
Gov. Matt Blunt’s staff has targeted Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office, in a not-too-subtle attempt to broaden the controversy over the preservation of state emails.
Blunt chief of staff Trish Vincent blasted Nixon in a statement Tuesday, saying that he’s been…

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03.14.2008 10:28 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
How’s this for a special guest at today’s Segway hearing: bulldog attorney Chet Pleban, the same barrister employed by Jay Nixon’s e-mail probe of the governor’s office.
Pleban was at City Hall today, representing a private Segway tour company whose business…

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03.13.2008 12:25 pm
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry is scheduled to join Attorney General Jay Nixon at a fundraiser later today in Springfield, Mo.
The event, which begins at 5:15 p.m. at the Teamsters Hall, is to raise money for Nixon’s bid for governor. It…

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03.07.2008 1:51 pm
Here’s a story by Jo Mannies on the site today that suggests taxpayers will foot a big bill for the fight over the governor’s office e-mail practices:
Today, apparently in response to the story, the Missouri Republican Party announced that it…

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