JEFFERSON CITY — Is the Scott Eckersley lawsuit actually settled?

The paperwork says yes, but Eckersley was in the capital city to meet with an official of Gov. Jay Nixon’s office last week to “finalize the settlement agreement,” Eckersley said.

The Mother Ship has…

JEFFERSON CITY — The state will pay a former staffer of Gov. Matt Blunt $500,000 to settle his wrongful termination and defamation lawsuit.

Scott Eckersley sued the governor and several of his staff members last January alleging defamation of character, wrongful…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Western District Court of Appeals agreed with a trial judge that Gov. Matt Blunt could not hide behind “executive privilege” in defense of the defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit of Scott Eckersley.

Eckersley is the former deputy counsel…

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon’s first nominee to the University of Missouri Board of Curators is St. Louis lawyer Don Downing, a longtime ally and former employee of Nixon. He’s also a trial attorney whose firm was a big donor…

JEFFERSON CITY — Days after the legal battle over e-mails and Sunshine Law between former Gov. Matt Blunt and special assistant attorneys general ended, attorneys for the governor have sought to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a former deputy counsel…

UPDATE: The AP’s David Lieb has some more details on Nixon’s proposed health care announcement this week. And Nixon’s staff just sent out a news release calling it an “agreement” which implies that the hospitals are on board.

HANNIBAL, Mo.…

UPDATE: John Comerford, a lawyer for Henry Herschel, offers the following statement on Herschel’s behalf:

“Now that the investigation is concluded, it is clear that Henry Herschel acted honestly and ethically in every respect. As Lou Leonatti noted in court, there is…

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…

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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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…