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01.30.2009 10:12 am

Court-appointed attorney seeks more time in Blunt e-mail case

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Just when you thought the story was going away, it’s back!

Court-appointed attorneys overseeing the investigation into the alleged Sunshine Law violations of the office of Gov. Matt Blunt said today that they do intend for their investigators to file a final…

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01.27.2009 7:19 pm

Nixon references government transparency

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nixon delivers his first State of the State address

Nixon delivers his first State of the State address

Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State has contained few surprises, but one nice promise (at least for the press corps) was saying an open and accountable government is a Missouri principle.

As…

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01.26.2009 1:24 pm

Pleban: Email investigative panel not submitting report today

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St. Louis lawyer Chet Pleban says that no report will be forthcoming by today’s deadline from the investigative team of Mel Fisher and Rick Wilhoit, who had been hired more than a year ago by then-Attorney General (and now Gov.) Jay Nixon to probe…

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01.05.2009 5:10 pm

State-appointed attorneys: Governor’s office violated Sunshine Law

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY – A Cole County Circuit Court judge approved a settlement today between Gov. Matt Blunt and court-appointed attorneys that provides thousands of public documents that had been sought by state investigators.

The investigators were appointed last year by Attorney General Jay…

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01.05.2009 9:53 am

Pleban: E-mail hearing nothing but political theater

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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In what could be a very interesting next chapter in the ongoing e-mail/public records saga involving Gov. Matt Blunt, there is a court hearing at 1:30 in Cole County today to approve the settlement between Blunt and the court appointed…

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12.15.2008 7:07 pm

Missouri governor, media, continue to fight over e-mails

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The administration of Gov. Matt Blunt today turned over about 850 more pages of disputed e-mails to three media outlets that had intervened in a lawsuit seeking to protect the public documents.

Last month, the Blunt administration agreed to provide about 60,000…

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12.10.2008 2:25 pm

Matt Blunt: Lawyers opposing Missouri governor not “rational”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Prime Buzz’s Jason Noble and some other reporters caught up with Gov. Matt Blunt while he was decorating the Capitol Christmas Tree and the holiday spirit overcame the governor as he “dished” on the e-mail dispute that has hovered like the Grinch…

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12.09.2008 6:19 pm

Gov. Matt Blunt’s deposition quashed; Missouri e-mail trial delayed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Cole County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday quashed an attempt to depose Gov. Matt Blunt and delayed a trial seeking to determine if the governor’s administration violated open records laws.

Court-appointed attorneys Louis Leonatti and Joe Maxwell are seeking to depose Blunt in…

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12.09.2008 11:23 am

Is Gov. Matt Blunt “above the law?” Lawyers argue point today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Court-appointed attorneys seeking e-mail records from the administration of Gov. Matt Blunt will go before a judge today and argue that they have the right to depose Blunt in the case.

“No one is above the law, not even the Governor of…

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11.17.2008 3:24 pm

Blunt cancels appearance at Hindu temple

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Gov. Matt Blunt was a no-show this afternoon at a scheduled appearance at a Hindu temple in west St. Louis County.

Blunt had planned to pay a visit to the Hindu Temple of St. Louis in Ballwin at 2 p.m. today. However, after temple…

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