Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon is among a parade of politicians headlining commencement ceremonies over the coming weeks at  various area institutions of higher learning.

We’ve already taken note of the ceremonies featuring former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey (Webster University, at 10…

Outgoing state House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, will spend the days after this session ends preparing a speech to deliver May 22 to graduates of the Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff.

College president Dr. John F. Cooper said that Jetton…

This just in from House Speaker Rod Jetton’s weekly gathering with reporters:

Insure Missouri, the proposal to expand health care to thousands of uninsured people, has “a real problem” and is “on life support.”

The problem: House Republicans won’t pass the…

Over the objections of some anti-tax Republicans, the House today overwhelmingly voted for a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the state sales tax by one-eighth of a cent. That money would fund programs for veterans.

After the vote, House…

Kenny Hulshof’s campaign just released a list of more than 60 Republican lawmakers that are supporting his bid for governor.

Hulshof’s campaign contends that the list represents 65 percent of GOP members in the House, though we haven’t done the math.…

After hours of bitter debate this morning in the House, Republicans postponed a vote on a proposed change to the Constitution meant to rein in the power of judges after GOP leaders realized they didn’t have the votes to pass…

House Speaker Rod Jetton told reporters today that he plans to do consulting work for Republican U.S. House candidate Bob Onder.

“I’ve taken a real hard look at Bob Onder,” said Jetton, noting that the Lake St. Louis lawmaker has…

About 35 Republican state legislators have thrown their support behind U. S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof in his bid for the party’s nomination for governor.

House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, and Sen. John Griesheimer, R-Washington, led the cheering group during…

Gov. Matt Blunt and state House Speaker Rod Jetton just completed a conference call with Missouri reporters to promote former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Blunt’s chief pitch to fellow conservatives: Don’t waste your Feb. 5 vote on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

“This…

(This is from our new intern, Lee Logan, who’s run into one of those eternal “technical problems” that prevented him from posting this himself. )

The Missouri Senate took the first step Wednesday toward repealing a controversial “village law,” with a…