Governor Nixon struck the same deal with the state’s community colleges that he struck with the state’s four-year schools—if they freeze their tuitions for the 2010-11 school year, he will not recommend deep budget cuts.
A new poll of CD7 Republican voters shows Billy Long and Gary Nodler [...]
This is a real movie.
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It's not a debate or healthy democratic process.
It's "war," writes former state representative/ lobbyist Carl Bearden, and "it's far from over."
If the leaders of the Imperial Congress thought that everyone would just go away they are delusional. Well ok, they are delusional but you know [...]
Organizing for America is planning to begin airing this ad on national cable next week. It was picked from thousands of entries submitted from across the country, and was created by Eric Hurt.
A pretty powerful ad.
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Today marks the two year anniversary of Ed Martin's replacement as chief of staff for former Gov. Matt Blunt.
Hours after his ceremonial pardon of a Thanksgiving turkey, Blunt was repeatedly asked to explain Martin's departure. Blunt refused to offer direct answers, and then finally said:
"If [...]
Though the the House ethics committee cleared Rep. Sam Graves last month of wrongdoing connected to an appearance by a friend last spring, the handling of Graves' matter has remained in the news. The House ethics committee and the new semiautonomous Office of Congressional Ethics' [...]
If you haven't sent in your submissions for our Thanksgiving-themed awards, please do so today!
As a refresher, we're accepting nominations for two broad categories of Turkey Day Awards:
Leaders and organizations for whom we are thankful The Turkeys in Missouri politicsSend us your thoughts here.
[...]From The Hill, in an article titled "Vote records can hamper member's [sic] political ambitions":
The last Republican running in a competitive state, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), will be forced to fend off attacks that, as a former member of GOP leadership, he is a Washington insider. To drive this [...]
Carthage-based Leggett & Platt dropped $10,000 into the campaign account of Speaker of the House Ron Richard, R-Joplin, according to a 48-hour report filed today with the Missouri Ethics Commission.Investment staff at the state retirement system would not get bonuses in years when the system’s investments lost money under a plan that tentatively advanced today.
Public Policy Polling released the second part of their recent Missouri poll today. Regarding Gov. Nixon:
It's been a pretty successful first year for the state's new Governor. 42% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 25% disapproving. In a time when the popularity of [...]
Speaking at last night's term limits forum, Ed Martin let it slip that his "Term Limits for Missouri" organization isn't expected to gather enough signatures for the term limit initiative he filed last December.
"We could gather signatures. I don't know that we will," he said about his proposal [...]
The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR."
Say what you will about Cynthia Davis' radical views on the role of schools and government agencies (we've said a lot, of course), but there is some consistency in her crazy ideas. Specifically, the government should't be doing... just about anything.
Via The Turner Report, Davis' [...]
Speaking last night about why he thinks term limits are a good idea, former Matt Blunt Chief of Staff/Congressional Candidate/MO GOP Chairman Emeritus/Serial Tax Waster Ed Martin said he supports limiting Members of U.S. House to four two-year terms, and would sponsor a Constitutional amendment in Congress to make that happen. [...]
The Daily Dunklin Democrat profiles Bob Parker today, a Republican challenger to Jo Ann Emerson in the 8th Congressional District. Like we've seen in numerous other races, Parker is staking his candidacy on tea party anger.
Parker said concerns over last fall's federal bailout of' [...]
In a headline story from Newsmax published earlier this week, we read:
[Sarah] Palin, who was a lightning rod for criticism during the presidential campaign, warned that America is in "a dangerous place economically" because Congress is debating healthcare reforms that would affect up to one-sixth of [...]
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released a new study arguing that MIssouri's state taxes hit poor and middle class Missourians far harder than the wealthy.
Low- and middle-income families in Missouri pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than the richest families [...]
There's been a lot of hand-wringing and hyperventilating about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try some terrorist suspects in the US on criminal charges. Yesterday, for example, Kit Bond accused Holder of "taking the Department of Justice back to a pre-9-11 mentality," which tells you a lot about [...]
Michael Hoeman, a Springfield physician and 8-year school board member who has been active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Greene County Medical Society, plans to announce his candidacy for the State Senate representing District 30 to supporters and other interested parties on Monday, November 23 [...] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has assembled a compromise health package that would expand coverage to more than 31 million Americans at a cost of $849 billion over the next decade, a senior leadership aide said late Wednesday.
The cost of the package would be more than made [...]
Sen. Harry Reid released a combined Senate health care bill and price tag today. The CBO says it will cost $849 billion over 10 years, cover 94% of the country’s population and reduce the deficit by $127 billion.
The Notebook: "The most glaring portion of the [PPP] poll is [...]
