To celebrate 30 years of rail service in Missouri, the state Department of Transportation and Amtrak are sponsoring a “Name the Train” contest to pick a moniker for the passenger line that travels between Kansas City and St. Louis.
We’ve got…
Gibbons
It’s not too difficult to imagine a Democratic backlash against attorney general nominee Chris Koster, whose deflection from the GOP was met by criticism that he was seeking an easier route to higher office.
The question is: Is “Democrats For Gibbons”…
Republican John McCain was in Independence, Mo. Wednesday, visiting the library of the Show-Me State’s most famous political son, former president Harry S Truman.
McCain at the Truman Library
The visit, though, was not well received by a kin of the original…
Missourians both Democrat and Republican were perhaps proud to hear GOP veep nominee Sarah Palin’s speech tonight give a nod to a favorite Show-Me son and the only president born in the state, Harry S Truman.
“Long ago, a young farmer…
Unlike us, the Blue Springs examiner was on the scene this morning for Sen. Barack Obama’s speech.
Here’s a little video reportage from some of Obama’s fans outside the show.
Original post of 10:32 a.m.:
The doors were set…
The presidential tug of war over Missouri continues, with presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama returning to the state on Monday.
He’s to be in Independence, hometown of favorite son and former President Harry S Truman.
In fact, the morning campaign event will be…
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., reports that she and several other Democratic members of Missouri’s congressional delegation gathered today to mark the late President Harry S Truman’s birthday in the room that changed his life.
As McCaskill reports:
“On the night of April…
