08.20.2009 10:35 am
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
McKenna
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party this morning opened a statewide gathering of party unity-building activities in Springfield . . . by resigning his post.
GOP Chair Andy McKenna told party leaders about his surprise decision in…
07.13.2009 8:51 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Road to regret?
As the Cardinals’ current first basemen prepares to play catch with the president, the Missouri lawmaker who helped name a portion of Interstate 70 for the team’s previous slugging first basemen continues to express regrets.
In a Chicago…
06.18.2009 2:49 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
Ahmadinejad
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An in-party fight among Illinois Republicans that has been percolating quietly out of sight of most voters is starting to bubble to the surface, helped along by a GOP activist who today compared his state party’s chairman…
03.23.2009 2:03 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s income tax hike proposal, unveiled last week, is coming under heavy fire from Republicans. Not much surprise there, but the new governor is also getting a little push-back from his…
01.07.2009 11:27 am
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
Roland Burris at a news conference on Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In the latest turn this morning in the roller-coaster ride involving criminally charged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, it’s starting to look as if the U.S. Senate will seat Blagojevich’s Senate appointee,…
04.16.2008 11:26 am
Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
Senators lavished praise this morning on the governor’s appointment of Grace Nichols to the State Highway and Transportation Commission.
At a brief hearing, her sponsor, Republican Sen. Tom Dempsey, called Nichols “very fairminded” and “an excellent addition.” Nichols, a former St.…
01.31.2008 4:59 pm
Special to the Post-Dispatch
Just got off a conference call with state Sens. Wes Shoemyer, D-Clarence, and Tim Green, D-Spanish Lake and Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, and state Rep. Tony George, D-Florissant.
All four had been supporters of former Sen. John Edwards’ bid for president. All four announced this afternoon…