09.05.2008 2:03 pm
Republicans who pushed for the passage of Missouri’s new law that scraps contribution limits, argue that the new law brings “transparency” to the process. By getting rid of limits, the argument goes, there is no longer an incentive to funnel…

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09.04.2008 5:02 pm
Republican Kenny Hulshof rode the wave of a $600,000 donation from the Republican Governors Association to fund-raising lead in the most recent reporting period over Democrat Jay Nixon in the race for Missouri governor.
In the period since Nixon and Hulshof won…

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09.02.2008 12:29 pm
Ah, the debate challenge. It’s an annual rite during election season.
There is little doubt that in the race for governor between Republican Kenny Hulshof and Democrat Jay Nixon there will be some good debates between the two men, and they ought…

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09.02.2008 10:25 am
The money game changed big-time in the race for Missouri governor after campaign contribution limits became a thing of the past on Aug. 28. In less than one week of unlimited donations, both Republican Kenny Hulshof and Democrat Jay Nixon started…

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08.27.2008 10:11 am
What a difference a few weeks makes.
Last month, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan gave some hope to the administration of Gov. Matt Blunt that the lawsuit seeking e-mails and back up tapes filed by investigators appointed by Attorney General…

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08.22.2008 3:47 pm
By Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY – The next governor of the state of Missouri will be a graduate of the state’s flagship university, and that little bit of history will play a role in their plans for…

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08.22.2008 11:46 am
Who has the slickest PR answer to the slippery question of determining our nation’s energy future?
Gubernatorial candidates Kenny Hulshof and Jay Nixon continue to try to figure that out. Yesterday, Hulshof released his energy plan focused entirely on the subject…

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08.21.2008 3:43 pm
Last week, U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof was put off by a question concerning his previous votes in support of subsidies for Big Oil. He later told reporters that those votes were important because they also had subsidies for conservation and those…

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08.14.2008 1:55 pm
OK, so the eggs weren’t green, and nobody really shows up for the ham, but I just returned to Jefferson City from the annual Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, and I thought I’d share a…

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08.12.2008 2:12 pm
Democrat Jay Nixon has already pulled from Sarah Steelman’s playbook, and now he seems to be borrowing a little from Kenny Hulshof’s, too, as he attacks, well, Kenny Hulshof.
Nixon, the Democratic candidate for governor,