Gaertner

JEFFERSON CITY — Gary M. Gaertner Jr. tried two years ago to make history and replace his father, Gary M. Gaertner Sr., on the Missouri Court of Appeals, but then-Gov. Matt Blunt appointed Kurt Odenwald instead.

Undeterred, Gaertner applied again, and…

Ed Martin in DC today

WASHINGTON — Nobody has sent Ed Martin to Washington yet, but here he was this afternoon declaring to a roomful of GOP funders and heavyweights how he plans to return as a new congressman from St. Louis.

Martin,…

Blunt

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt was in Springfield today, addressing a free-market think-tank about how Illinois might make its government spending and operations more “transparent.”

Blunt ushered in the Missouri Accountability Portal during his tenure, giving Missourians easy access…

Ehlmann

As expected, the St. Charles County Council has approved the hiring of former Missouri Corrections Director Larry Crawford as the county’s corrections chief.

The council voted 5-1 on Monday night to endorse the appointment by County Executive Steve Ehlmann, which was announced…

Crawford

Larry Crawford, a former state representative who headed the Missouri Department of Corrections under then-Gov. Matt Blunt, was picked Friday as St. Charles County’s new corrections director by County Executive Steve Ehlmann.

Crawford, from the central Missouri town of California, led the…

Eckersley

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster signed a letter this week clearing a former government attorney of allegations of wrongdoing made against him by the administration of former Gov. Matt Blunt.

But before fired Blunt deputy counsel Scott Eckersley got the…

JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge has rebuffed Gov. Jay Nixon’s attempt to fire three administrative law judges appointed by former Gov. Matt Blunt.

The ruling, issued today, means that workers compensation judges Henry Herschel, Matthew W. Murphy and John…

Hearnes

Gov. Jay Nixon released the following statement regarding the death Sunday of Warren Hearnes, a Democrat who was Missouri governor from 1965 to 1973:

When he saw how Missourians with mental illness were warehoused in state hospitals, he created the system of…

Eckersley

JEFFERSON CITY — Is a fired employee’s defamation and wrongful termination suit against former Gov. Matt Blunt settled or not?

The former employee, Scott Eckersley, sent word to the state attorney general’s office today that he had fired his attorneys, Steve…

Screen shot of KY3 video

The young scooter driver hurt yesterday in an accident with former Republican Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt is the son of a state Democratic Party staffer, according to KY3 in Springfield.

Blunt was issued a traffic summons Monday evening…