ST. LOUIS– Maxwell D. Marker, assistant special agent in charge for the FBI in St. Louis, reacts to the verdicts against former state lawmakers Jeff Smith and Steve Brown.
Brown
JEFFERSON CITY — In a motion filed in federal court yesterday, former state Rep. Steve Brown of Clayton argues that he should receive a lighter sentence than the 15-to-21 months called for in sentencing guidelines.
Why? Because the Democrat cooperated in the…
Smith
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri state Sen. Jeff Smith of St. Louis is considering resigning his seat because of a federal investigation involving his 2004 Democratic primary race for U.S. Congress, according to state government sources.
Smith, 35, widely considered a rising star…
Zweifel
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,…
JEFFERSON CITY — In a meeting with reporters today, the three Republican leaders of the Missouri House all denied any personal knowledge of an FBI inquiry into political corruption in the state Capitol.
Speaker Ron Richard, Speaker Pro Tem Bryan Pratt and…
JEFFERSON CITY — Rep. Ray Salva, D-Sugar Creek, said that some fellow legislators have misinterpreted his remarks in today’s paper, where he alleged that House committee appointments are based on members’ campaign donations to party committees rather than on their…
Ellis
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - David Ellis, the Illinois House legal counsel who is acting as the prosecutor for Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s Senate removal trial, is laying out what senators will hear.
Ellis will call FBI Special Agent Daniel Cain, “the man who…
Martin
One of the interesting details about the recent depositions in the ongoing dispute over access to the e-mails of Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration is this: Former chief of staff Ed Martin seems to have a bit of a memory problem.
As Jo…
Rich Chrismer, the St. Charles County elections director, says his office last week turned over to the FBI 15 voter registration cards with nonexistent addresses that had been submitted by the Barack Obama presidential campaign in Missouri.
Chrismer said the bad addresses were…
