Jay Nixon, governor at last. (AP Wirephoto/Jeff Roberson)
By our clock, Jay Nixon was inaugurated a little early as Missouri’s 55th governor. The clock was still a couple of minutes shy of noon when Laura Denvir Stith, the chief justice of…
Matt Blunt
At noon Monday, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt will become former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, stepping out of politics at an age (38) at which many people are just beginning to think about getting in.
Who knows? Maybe he’ll be back.…
Gov.-elect Jay Nixon has named former state Rep. Margaret Donnelly to head the state Department of Health and Senior Services. We’re big fans of her work in the Legislature. We endorsed her in the Democratic primary for Attorney General.
But Ms.…
Boxes of documents are wheeled into the Post-Dispatch
In 1993, former Attorney General William Webster pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally using state workers and state computers in a political campaign. He was disbarred and served nearly 21 months in…
Scott Eckersley, left, and Gov. Matt Blunt
Since Missouri courts don’t have a shot clock, it’s becoming increasingly likely that Gov. Matt Blunt will leave office Jan. 12 without having to account for trashing the reputation of Scott Eckersley, his former…
As a candidate for Missouri governor, Attorney General Jay Nixon told anyone who’d listen about his plans to restore Medicaid coverage to the more than 100,000 poor, elderly and disabled people who lost it in 2005.
On Tuesday, voters responded, sweeping…
We posted video of Republican candidate Kenny Hulshof talking about his energy policy this week. Here, his Democratic opponent Attorney General Jay Nixon talks about the same subject.
U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, the Republican candidate for governor, visited with Post-Dispatch editors and writers this week. You’ll see more about our conversation later, but here’s a part of that conversation that focused on energy.
Mr. Hulshof has…
On the evening of Nov. 2, 2004, when it became apparent that Republican Matt Blunt had defeated Democrat Claire McCaskill in the race for Missouri governor, Jeremiah W. “Jay” Nixon began laying claim to the Democratic nomination for governor in 2008.
He…
Last Saturday, the day after Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 1038, which repeals the limits on campaign contribution to state political candidates, we pulled up behind a car on Chippewa Street and noticed a bumper sticker that read: “We…
