11.04.2009 10:13 am
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell
WASHINGTON — Wednesday mornings after off-year elections always bring over-generalizations.
But the results of Tuesday’s elections — in which the GOP won governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and Democrats captured a House seat in New York — appeared to…
10.14.2009 4:17 pm
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
About 50 Missouri college students built a self-sustaining house from scratch for the U.S. Solar Decathlon this month in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON — If members of Congress needed a lesson this month in reducing waste, they’ve only needed to look in…
07.07.2009 12:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY — Among the most coveted positions a governor in Missouri can hand out are the slots on the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Gov. Jay Nixon filled two of those today, naming St. Joseph News-Press publisher David R.…
03.11.2009 9:57 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon’s first nominee to the University of Missouri Board of Curators is St. Louis lawyer Don Downing, a longtime ally and former employee of Nixon. He’s also a trial attorney whose firm was a big donor…
03.03.2009 6:08 pm
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. McCain
WASHINGTON — That $1.5 million for technology upgrades at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, engineered by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, is safe.
So is the $1.2 million for the interoperable mobile data communications system sought by Rep. Sam Graves and the $143,000…
09.24.2008 5:40 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Actor Don Cheadle, a Kansas City native, will become the latest Hollywood star to stump for Barack Obama here when he visits Missouri tomorrow. 
Cheadle, whose credits include socially-concious flicks such as Crash and Hotel Rwanda, will be at University of Missouri-St. Louis…
08.07.2008 5:00 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh off introducing Kenny Hulshof at his victory party Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond joined the congressman and Republican nominee for governor in, of all places, Novelty, Mo. 
The duo participated in the annual “Field Day” at the Greenley Research Center,…
07.09.2008 4:43 pm
Special to the Post-Dispatch
Anton H. Luetkemeyer, the current student representative on the UM Board of Curators, has weighed in with his reaction to Gov. Matt Blunt’s veto of a bill that bolstered the student presence on the board.
(See post below for governor’s action and…
07.03.2008 3:18 pm
Everybody knows about opposition research: Read everything ever written relating to your opponent –Â especially everything your opponent has ever said — and look for errors.
Given that campaign reality, would-be AG Chris Koster’s campaign staff is making a preemptive strike, believing…