JEFFERSON CITY — Take your pick of old Chicago subway cons: the shell game or three-card Monte. One or the other will be offering direction to the Missouri Legislature and Gov. Jay Nixon as they decide how to spend the federal…

Missouri senators sat through a phone conference this afternoon with representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures to try to get a handle on how much federal stimulus money is flowing to the Show-Me State.

The simple answer is a…

JEFFERSON CITY — Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville is giving a dramatic and pointed speech during the discussion of the appointment of Linda Martinez as director of economic development.

“Do you have your goon squad on speed dial, governor?” Rupp said. “You…

JEFFERSON CITY — As the delay on Gov. Jay Nixon’s choice to lead the economic development office enters its third week, an anti-illegal immigration group is trying to turn up the heat.

On Thursday, state Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, continued his…

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Gov. Jay Nixon’s nominee to head the economic development department ran into rough waters in the Senate today, even after Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, said he’d support her.

Lager was holding up the nomination of Linda Martinez, a lawyer from the St.…