Blair's statue

While he’s busy poring over potential statutes passed by state lawmakers, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has found time to make some changes to statues as well.

Nixon’s office has sent a request to the Architect of the Capitol in Washington to…

WASHINGTON — Joe Bednar, who served as legal counsel to former governors Mel Carnahan and Bob Holden, had some good seats for today’s inauguration.

Slay

Don’t look now Maida Coleman, but Mayor Francis Slay just announced support from more than half of the Board of Aldermen, as well as the head city Dem, and a former governor.

With less than two days left to file, Slay this announced…

Holden

(Note day correction — forum is Nov. 19, not tonight, as earlier posted)

Former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden will be leading a post-election recap discussion next week at Webster’s University downtown branch.

Holden will analyze both the results of the presidential election, as…

Burgess

Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a John McCain supporter and a popular figure on the GOP surrogate circuit, will be making a pitch here Friday for his presidential candidate.

He’ll be addressing a luncheon, and doing some afternoon press interviews.

But Steele, scheduled as…

Webster University just announced that it will host a debate watch party on Thursday, beginning at 7 p.m., in the University Center Sunnen Lounge.

Pre-debate, the event will feature “commentary by former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden and several debate and political science faculty from…

It’s no wonder U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is considered a super-surrogate for the Barack Obama campaign: She’ll even press her mom into service.

Betty Ann McCaskill, 80, will host an Obama-sponsored  social security and health care roundtable a little later this afternoon…

DENVER –Former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden said both vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and former president Bill Clinton filled their roles well Wednesday night.

Biden was “right on target,” Holden said, showcasing his working-class roots. (He’s from Scranton, Pa., in case you missed it.)

As…

DENVER — Among those Hillary Clinton supporters from Missouri who were all smiles after her passionate speech tonight was former Gov. Bob Holden, one of her delegates.

“I thought she hit a homerun,” Holden said. “Really set this convention on fire.”

Even early Obama…

All the political consternation over the possible InBev takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. reflects, in part, the brewery’s larger-than-life role in Missouri politics.

For decades, the brewery has been the state’s biggest corporate political player.

Its lobbyists in Jefferson City get the…