JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the former Republican who became a Democrat, has chosen a press secretary who has worked for officials in both parties.

Koster tapped state government veteran Nanci Gonder. She spent the last 17 years…

Margaret Donnelly

JEFFERSON CITY — The Department of Health and Senior Services is encouraging Missourians to participate in Denim Day, an international effort to reduce rape and other sex crimes.

Department Director Margaret Donnelly asked Missourians in a news release to wear jeans…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan booked the House Agriculture Committee room to raise  a glass to fellow St. Louisans in town for Tuesday’s presidential inauguration.

From the guests inside, it might as well have been Beffa’s…

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon is making sure some Missouri politicians who lost election efforts in November (and August) are keeping busy.

Today, Nixon announced his full transition staff and various transition deputy directors that will help him fill Cabinet positions and prepare…

Nobody in politics would blame state Reps. Jeff Harris and Margaret Donnelly for sitting on the sidelines for an election cycle after losing a hard-fought and bitter Democratic primary for attorney general to Chris Koster.

Since the primary, other than Donnelly’s flirtation…

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan plans to announce the results tomorrow of the recount in the Democratic primary for attorney general, Carnahan’s office said today.

Margaret Donnelly, who requested the recount, doesn’t expect the numbers to change enough to give her…

Right now, it’s Tuesday, August 5th, 6 a.m. Do you know where your polling place is?

Today is the Big Day across our state. Polls have officially opened. A lot of us will be watching the news and numerous web sites…

Just minutes before St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa was to hold a press conference on the matter, state Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for attorney general, “called on the St. Louis Police Board to immediately ask for a…

My colleague Jo Mannies noted this last night – but at two events today Chris Koster rolled out a number of area endorsements, including the nod of a heavy hitter, U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay.

(I was fulfilling my civic obligations responding to a…

Would have posted this earlier but have been out of the office all day. Other much delayed posts also forthcoming.

Both Jeff Harris and Chris Koster have sent out releases in the past two days heralding their first ads on the…