JEFFERSON CITY — The Tour of Missouri is on.

Gov. Jay Nixon issued a statement this afternoon saying that his concern over the “transparency” of the funding for the race has been satisfied, for this year, at least.

The race had…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Tour of Missouri is likely to roll on in September, but a dispute over how state money is spent to support the September bike race is simmering beneath the surface.

Today, the Missouri Tourism Commission voted 7-0…

JEFFERSON CITY — As I wrote on the mother ship this morning, state Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, planned to take some of Thomas Schweich’s thunder today with an announcement that he had about 80 House members endorsing his run for auditor.

Schweich…

JEFFERSON CITY — Congressman Roy Blunt wants to make sure he controls the news cycle this quarter.

The Republican from Springfield who is running for U.S. Senate in 2010 took a first quarter beating in the political press in Washington, D.C.,…

JEFFERSON CITY — Word is that the two campaign camps for Republicans Allen Icet and Thomas Schweich have been talking in the last week, apparently in an attempt to get one of the two possible candidates for auditor to step out of…

JEFFERSON CITY — Rep. Bob Dixon better have his dancing shoes on tomorrow.

The Springfield Republican — who is running for state senate — is chairing a committee that has the stated purpose of getting to the bottom of the controversy over the…

JEFFERSON CITY — Ignoring statements from Majority Floor Leader Kevin Engler last week that the continued debate over HJR10 was causing him to “throw up,” supporters of the resolution are continuing to press their case in the final days of the Legislature.

HJR10…

JEFFERSON CITY — According to a news release posted on Facebook by Missouri Libertarian Party spokesman Mike Ferguson, Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard has agreed to appoint a special committee to investigate the political profiling done by the state’s “fusion center”…

JEFFERSON CITY — Up to 80 entrepreneurs could get state loans of $25,000 apiece under a plan that won approval Tuesday.

The Missouri Development Finance Board agreed Tuesday to allot $2 million for the program. The board plans to hire one…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Kansas City Star’s Steve Kraske had a good story today about another political consulting deal in the Capitol that is raising questions.

This one involves not the former Speaker of the House, but current Speaker Ron Richard, whose…