Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon’s statement Friday in opposition to the proposed state constitutional requiring a photo ID at the polls has had one swift political impact:

It’s put Nixon on great terms with eastern Missouri’s most powerful African-American politician: U.S. Rep.…

Gov. Matt Blunt’s staff has targeted Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office, in a not-too-subtle attempt to broaden the controversy over the preservation of state emails.

Blunt chief of staff Trish Vincent blasted Nixon in a statement Tuesday, saying that he’s been…

The updated syllabus for Campaigning 101 should make learning how to handle “trackers” a required part of the curriculum.

And Kenny Hulshof might just be able to teach that part of the course.

In political parlance, a tracker is a member…

Gov. Matt Blunt has named a replacement for St. Louis County Judge Barbara Ann Crancer — who takes with her from the bench a little slice of labor lore.

Crancer, 70, retired at the beginning of the month, nearly 20 years after…

Tuesday night, Gov. Matt Blunt’s communications chief, Rich Chrismer,  issued the following statement in response to comments that the likely Democratic nominee, Attorney General Jay Nixon, made at a union rally in the afternoon that were critical of the governor’s record on illegal immigration:

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As Jo previewed (and I hinted at), Kenny Hulshof unveiled a package of ethics proposals today.

The take away news is that Hulshof now supports keeping campaign finance limits – he just wants them higher. But, he said a repeal of…

Former state House Speaker Jim Kreider — a pro-gun Democrat from Nixa, Mo. who was the last of his party to hold the state House’s top post (and then lost a bid for the state Senate) — is hosting Attorney General…

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, a Republican candidate for governor, came out today with what a spokesman called his first bloc of specific proposals.

That bloc focuses on ethics issues.

Key among them is a call to increase Missouri’s campaign-donation limits. …

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, that state’s first Democratic chief executive in 20 years, will address Missouri Democrats on Saturday at the annual Jackson Days gathering in Springfield, Mo.

Jackson Days is among the more prominent among the ongoing series of regional…

<Call Jefferson City lawyer Chuck Hatfield a pragmatist.
He makes no apologies for using creative — but legal — ways to help raise campaign money for two of his close friends and fellow Democrats:  state Sen. Chris Koster, who’s running for attorney…