JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s plan to cut about 100 state parks workers has been scaled back, according to the Springfield News-Leader’s Chad Livengood. After various workers exercised seniority rights and jobs were moved around, only 48 jobs were cut, according…

JEFFERSON CITY — The day after Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that her office has made past state Blue Books available online, Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, has issued a news release repeating his past call to do away with the…

Brown

JEFFERSON CITY — In a motion filed in federal court yesterday, former state Rep. Steve Brown of Clayton argues that he should receive a lighter sentence than the 15-to-21 months called for in sentencing guidelines.

Why? Because the Democrat cooperated in the…

JEFFERSON CITY — My colleague Kim McGuire has posted on her blog more news of a staff shakeup at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources that might be related to the E. coli controversy at Lake of the Ozarks.

The news was…

JEFFERSON CITY — Planned Parenthood sued the state Wednesday to object to the language in two proposed anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell funding ballot initiatives.

The lawsuits, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, seek to stop the approval of language for a ballot initiative that…

JEFFERSON CITY — For reporters and politicos who spend a lot of time on the Missouri Ethics Commission searching for campaign donations, life just got a bit easier.

The MEC has made two major changes to its database searches. Now,…

Meadows

JEFFERSON CITY — The bad news for Democrats since the Missouri Legislative session ended continues to pile up. State Rep. Tim Meadows, D-Imperial, was the latest to run into legal trouble.

In a letter to constituents this weekend, Meadows apologized for…

JEFFERSON CITY — An employee of the Department of Natural Resources who was responsible for closing public beaches in Missouri when bacteria tests were high has been fired for his role in the E. coli controversy at Lake of the…

UPDATE: Glenn Burleigh, the head organizer of the St. Louis ACORN group, said the GOP is off base on its criticism of Carnahan over her communication with his group: “If she had not been in communications with a group involved…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Democratic Party is questioning whether Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder inappropriately used state resources for a video Kinder posted on his campaign website.

In the video, posted on the Political Fix yesterday, Kinder criticizes Gov. Jay Nixon for…