JEFFERSON CITY — Pension finance is an eye-glazing subject, but it’s commanding plenty of attention as government retirement systems scramble to come up with enough money to offset steep stock market losses.

The board of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System…

JEFFERSON CITY — A statewide committee that aims to get out word about the 2010 census met today for the first time.

The buzz about the 2010 Census is that Missouri will probably lose a Congressional district, leaving the state with…

Sombody must have pressed the “easy” button.

Kelvin Simmons, Karen King Mitchell and Steve Danner became the first three members of Gov. Jay Nixon’s Cabinet to win Senate confirmation this morning. The voice vote was unanimous.

Barely a question was asked at…

Kelvin Simmons, who is Missouri Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s first appointment to his cabinet, paid off a federal tax lien on his home earlier this year, public records show.

Simmons, Nixon’s choice to lead the Office of Administration, faced the $22,000 lien…

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Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s first Cabinet appointment is no longer a lobbyist. The Republican Party had issued a news release yesterday suggesting Nixon would have a conflict if one of Kelvin Simmons‘ clients sought Missouri Housing Development Commission tax credits during the time…

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon is wasting no time filling out his cabinet, today naming a veteran of Missouri government to head his Office of Administration.

Kelvin Simmons, currently of Kansas City, is a former director of the state’s economic development office and former…