JEFFERSON CITY — The brouhaha over Katie Steele Danner’s two roles — and two salaries — in state government appears to be subsiding.
The Missouri Tourism Commission chose Danner on Tuesday as its new executive director, at a salary of $75,000. Then on Friday,…
UPDATED: Gov. Jay Nixon defended the tourism chief’s dual roles. “We think she’ll be able to do both jobs well and taxpayers will get their money’s worth,” said Jack Cardetti, Nixon’s spokesman. He said the time frame for her to…
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JEFFERSON CITY — A shakeup at the Missouri Tourism Commission has put an ally of Gov. Jay Nixon in charge and left Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder on the outs.
The commission voted today to hire Katie Steele Danner as the new…
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.
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…
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