Schaaf

JEFFERSON CITY — He hasn’t been officially censured, but Rep. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, is sorry anyway.

On the House floor today, he apologized for comparing Medicaid coverage for children to slavery.

“I wasn’t talking about slavery of African Americans — a…

JEFFERSON CITY — House Speaker Ron Richard said today that the closed meeting of the House Ethics Committee called for Tuesday morning is to discuss a resolution complaining about the comments of Rep. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph.

Earlier this month, Schaaf compared…

JEFFERSON CITY — Just after they passed legislation to abolish the Missouri income tax, the House of Representatives approved a bill to get rid of sales tax for the month of July.

The first proposal, sponsored by Rep. Ed Emery, R-Lamar,…

Stanley Cox

Updated to include news releases on the subject.

JEFFERSON CITY — Last week, House Democrats voted against taking away power from the governor. This week, they voted against giving him more power.

The House gave first-round approval to a resolution that…

JEFFERSON CITY — Rep. Ray Salva, D-Sugar Creek, said that some fellow legislators have misinterpreted his remarks in today’s paper, where he alleged that House committee appointments are based on members’ campaign donations to party committees rather than on their…

If you’re getting annoyed with all the talk of Twitter, move along to the next post.

But in Jake Wagman’s last post about Twitter, a commenter asked which legislators have Twitter accounts. Below is a list, although probably not comprehensive, of the Missouri public officials I…

JEFFERSON CITY – Today marks the first day of spring break for Missouri legislators, which is about the midpoint of the session, and at a press conference this afternoon, the political parties seemed to have vastly different interpretations of what has happened so…

Rachel Bringer

JEFFERSON CITY — Two noncontroversial bills from Rep. Rachel Bringer, D-Palmyra, didn’t get heard Tuesday night in the House Rules Commitee, even though the bills were on the schedule.

HANNIBAL — Missouri’s status as a purplish state is creating some interesting debates about the federal stimulus. While the mood is festive at Democrat Days with the national Democrat success, and statewide success with the election of Gov. Jay Nixon,…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House of Representatives passed a 125-29 a resolution that would urge the U.S. government to not move detainees through the state.

Bill sponsor Rep. Clint Tracy, R-Cape Girardeau, said his concerns are twofold: “No. 1 public…