Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell

WASHINGTON — Wednesday mornings after off-year elections always bring over-generalizations.

But the results of Tuesday’s elections — in which the GOP won governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and Democrats captured a House seat in New York — appeared to…

Susan Montee

Here’s a report from my Post-Dispatch colleague Elizabethe Holland:

The long-awaited results of an audit of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District will be disclosed Nov. 17 by Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee in a public meeting on the University…

Sen. Bond

WASHINGTON — It’s barely news any more when Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., aims a broadside at anti-global warming legislation given his adopted role as one of Congress’s most persistent critics.

Nor is there much new in the deepening regional rivalry over climate change legislation…

JEFFERSON CITY — Political newcomer Thomas Schweich of St. Louis proved he could raise money in his first-ever political race.

The Republican posted a fund-raising total of more than $335,000 this quarter, more than doubling the amount raised by GOP opponent Allen…

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…

JEFFERSON CITY — With Illinois lawmakers debating whether to institute campaign donation limits; and Missouri quarterly campaign reports trickling out, it might be a good time to have a poll about campaign limits.

Missouri and Illinois are rarities in the national…

The state Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Kansas City’s smoking ban in indoor public places. The court did not accept to an argument that the city could not ban smoking in places where it was allowed or not…

WASHINGTON — Families USA, a national organization pushing for health-care reform, released a report this morning estimating the loss of health insurance due to rising unemployment.

Extrapolating from recent Census data, the group released reports for Missouri and Nebraska,  concluding that the number of uninsured…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill has learned in relatively short order that one of the functions of a Missourian in Congress is to keep an eye on those thirsty North Dakotans.

McCaskill, D-Mo., today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking…

Bond today with petitions

WASHINGTON – Those piles of yellow notices dumped on Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond’s desk today weren’t parking tickets, althought yellow is the color of violations dispensed on Capitol Hill.

They were 30,000 petitions gathered by the Missouri Association of Electric Cooperatives urging Bond, R-Mo., to oppose present versions of cap-and-trade…