Anyone want to start a subversive organization with me? I’ll take anyone — you don’t even have to agree with me on anything — but I’m especially interested in recruiting people from South Carolina.
I don’t have a name for the organization yet, but I’m on the lookout for a [...]
Well played!WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are unable to muscle through President Barack Obama’s choice of a union attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, because one of their own has joined the Republicans to block the nomination.
The task for Democratic leaders, already made dicey by bad weather, turned more difficult [...]
JEFFERSON CITY | In a newspaper editorial page come to life, proponents and opponents of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy staked out their positions in a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.
The competing testimony was delivered over two non-binding resolutions alternately calling for the repeal and preservation of the military [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — If there’s been a common theme in the first month of the Missouri General Assembly’s session this year, it’s this:
“Let’s tell Washington what we think.”
The House has already passed an anti-federal health care legislation resolution, and today…
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Rep. Stanley Cox (R-Sedalia) was back in front of the House Elections Committee today, asking his colleagues to support his newest Photo ID constitutional amendment (HJR64).* This year's proposal does not include any enabling language, and would require future General Assemblies to actually draft and [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri legislators who want to see the state’s texting while driving ban expanded argued today that, despite low ticket numbers, the law is an effective deterrent of the dangerous behavior.
Missouri Rep. Rodney Schad, R-Versailles, told members of…
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JEFFERSON CITY - Legislators say the spread of K2, a “herbal incense” more commonly referred to as a synthetic marijuana, is an epidemic.
Missouri state Rep. Ward Franz, R-West Plains sponsored a bill that would add K2 to Missouri’s list of illegal…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan convinced pawnbroker-turned-politician Scott Lee Cohen to leave the Democratic ballot over the weekend not with political arguments or fiscal threats, but with what Madigan said was “personal advice”:
“I told him this anguish…
[...]A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that nearly six in 10 Americans say the Republicans aren't doing enough to forge compromise with President Obama on important issues; more than four in 10 see Obama as doing too little to get GOP support.
In addition, nearly [...]
Praprotnik, left, and Purgason
ST. LOUIS — Since when does the state Democratic party send news releases heralding the announcements of Missouri Republicans?
When those Republicans are running in the GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, the Senate hopeful who is…
[...]Executives from the Kansas Speedway and Penn National Gaming urged lawmakers today not to change the state’s gambling law to help the Woodlands reopen with slot machines.
They said a change now could jeopardize the $386 million Hollywood Casino planned for the Speedway. State regulators are expected to grant final approval [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have unveiled their jobs initiative, blending a tax cut for businesses that hire new workers with help for the unemployed — along with a raft of provisions sought by lobby groups like doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.
The 362-page measure is still in draft form [...]
JEFFERSON CITY | State Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger let constituents know how he really felt about federal health care legislation in a newsletter last week.
He used an eight-letter word that we're not allowed to use on a family friendly Web site like Prime Buzz.
The e-mail newsletter went out to constituents and [...]
Maybe I'll scrounge up the cash to put this up near the "Prepare for War" and "Obama-Nation" billboard in Blue Springs.
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As of 11:31 a.m., there have been delays in message delivery to the e-mail accounts of MU students. The Division of IT is addressing the issue.
Tagged: Division of IT, e-mail, MU [...] Regarding David Stokes’ question of a couple weeks ago about which type of area (e.g., urban, suburban, or rural) is most heavily subsidized by the government, it appears that the USDA disbursed a record amount of money to rural Missouri last year — $1.126 billion. The bulk of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama acknowledged the deep partisan divisions gripping Congress, but he urged Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday to cooperate on legislation that creates jobs.
“There should be some areas where we can agree and we can get some things done, even as we have vigorous debates on [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House members are considering a bill that could require voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot but allow them to vote before Election Day.
The House Elections Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a constitutional amendment that would allow future laws requiring photo [...]
State Sen. Chuck Purgason is asking his fellow candidates in the GOP primary for Senate -- Rep. Roy Blunt, Robert Praprotnik and Mark Memoly -- to sign his "Contract with Missouri." Here are Purgason's promises, as outlined in the News-Leader:
Balanced Budget No Earmarks No member of my family [...]Robin Carnahan recently did a Q&A with the Springfield News-Leader to talk about all the policy stances she has been trying to hide from the public. Now we know why it took so long for her to say anything - we're only a few days out and she's already [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — For years one of the annual partisan battles in the Missouri Legislature has dealt with the issue of Voter ID. Republicans want voters to have to present a photo ID — such as a driver’s license —…
[...]Another year in the Kansas Legislature, another debate about a tougher seat belt law.
A Kansas Senate committee this morning reviewed a bill to crack down on motorists who don’t buckle up. Every year, it seems, a tougher seat belt law wins votes in the Senate only to die a tortured death in [...]
from msnbc
ELKHART, Ind. — If there were a report card for the promises President Barack Obama made a year ago in this struggling city in northern Indiana, he would probably get a C. It’s a passing grade, but it’s not the strong performance that people might have hoped for in [...]
Outgoing Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh enjoyed lots of public "atta-boys" Monday after he announced he was stepping down next week to take a job in the private sector.
The four-term Republican was first elected in 1994.
But on Monday evening, the appreciate streak came to an end when the conservative Kansas [...]
from the nyt
PHOENIX - J. D. Hayworth is a large man, and to compensate for his indulgences, he hits the elliptical trainer every morning at 4, zipping along to an incongruous soundtrack of Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra and old advertising jingles.
Until recently, he would then repair to a local [...]
Cartoon: McCaskill and Skelton pulling right
Thornburgh leaves a legacy after 15 years as Kansas Secretary of State
Why Republicans don't want President Obama to succeed
Thoughts on the potential connection between health care costs and personal bankruptcies in Missouri, a variety of opinions on recent speeches by former Gov. [...]
The Show Me Clowns for Jesus National Conference is scheduled for Saturday at the Clarion Hotel. From there, participants will head out on visits to every accessible resident of at least seven nursing homes, two Springfield hospitals, and other homes, homeless shelters, and public meeting places [...] 
I think I am going to get this game for my son and his sons. [...]
In the right-wing Washington Times:
Sen. Christopher S. Bond regularly railed against President Obama's economic stimulus plan as irresponsible spending that would drive up the national debt. But behind the scenes, the Missouri Republican quietly sought more than $50 million from a federal agency for two [...]
The Star: Murder convict "Scott Roeder said in an interview released Monday that he has little sympathy for Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller's family." [...] 
UMKC Play "Slammed! KC Speaks Out on the Recession" is based on interviews with Kansas Citians who have been hurt by the economy. [...] 
NBC Action News: "Officers are asking the public for help in locating Scott Case and Jessica McGannon. They are accused of stealing donations at a Culver’s Restaurant for Haitian earthquake victims." [...] 
ABOVE: Vew from a bus in Seattle, WA
I no longer have issues with taking a bus if that is that is the only public transportation choice I have. This was not always the case with me. I still prefer streetcars [...]
Competing sovereignty bills sponsored by state senators Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, and Jack Goodman, R-Mount Vernon, both of whom are competing for the Seventh District Congressional seat currently held by Roy Blunt, are examined in an article in today's Springfield News-Leader. [...] 
The KCPD shoots non-lethal bean bag rounds at a 48-year-old woman in the street armed with a steak knife with a history of mental illness and fortunately no lives were lost. [...] 
Penrose On Politics takes a brilliant peek at local Democrat leaders taking a right turn heading into election season. [...] 
KC Lunchspots takes us to Jerry's Woodswether Cafe which is kinda cool because I'm never going.' [...] 
Joe Miller has a bit more 
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