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06.26.2009 3:36 pm

Legislature’s stimulus panel to hold first meeting in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Legislature’s joint committee on stimulus spending will hold its first hearing 10 a.m. Monday at the Wainwright state office building in downtown St. Louis.

The new committee “will study ways to maximize the amount of federal funds received” and…

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04.15.2009 12:24 pm

UPDATED: Strategy sessions seek first statewide office for blacks

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Black elected officials will meet Friday to brainstorm about African-American candidates who could step into Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s shoes if she is elected to the U.S. Senate next year.

The meeting, organized by Sen. Robin Wright-Jones,…

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02.05.2009 11:34 am

Sen. Scott Rupp still taking hard line on Martinez nomination

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Martinez, left, and Rupp

Martinez, left, and Rupp

JEFFERSON CITY — The filibuster over Gov. Jay Nixon’s nominee for director of Missouri economic development is continuing and the issue is getting more heated.

Sen. Scott Rupp said on the floor of the Senate this morning that he is…

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