I want to thank Blogger and entrepreneur Jim Durbin for taking over for me last Thursday and Friday. I have a couple of important exams this week and I needed a few extra days to study. I highly recommend that you make the 24th State a part of your daily reading list. Jim blogs on […]

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Rep. Blunt commenting last week on Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D-NY) massive tax increase proposal. “You know, very seldom in politics do your opponents give you this kind of gift. We know now what happens if they win. – MinorityWhip Roy Blunt.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 26, 2007 Contact: John Hancock 314-317-9500 JEFFERSON CITY—Today Jay Nixon announced that he is finally reimbursing taxpayers for his illegal use of a state vehicle for campaign purposes, setting his own questionable rate of reimbursement. After intense media pressure, Nixon reversed his initial claims that he had the right to […]

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By Dave Roland As was widely expected, last week a circuit court judge denied several school districts’ claims of constitutional entitlement to additional educational funding. The decision was not a difficult one, Judge Callahan wrote, because the state demonstrated “under every reasonable method of calculation” that it had satisfied its constitutional obligation to spend 25 […]

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Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder announced today that he is endorsing former Talent staffer Shamed Dogan for State Representative in Missouri’s 88th District. “Shamed Dogan has all of the qualities that we want to see in our public servants: experience, energy, and most importantly, a commitment to Missouri values,” said Kinder. “From the first time that […]

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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Contact: Christian Badger (573)442-7980 Columbia, Missouri – With the news that Sen. Chris Koster will soon announce for Attorney General, the Harris for Missouri campaign issued the following five questions for reporters to ask to Sen. Koster. 1. What message does it send when a candidate […]

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Missouri Political News Service has gotten wind from the tipline that a major Missouri news publication is investigating Jason Van Eaton’s decision to “leave” Senator Bond’s office at the end of the current session. Van Eaton currently serves as Bond’s in state director. Assuming that Mr. Van Eaton doesn’t tell his boss everything, the story […]

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We recently received this email along with a press release from Mr. O’Gaffney. Mr. Messenger, when you get back from vacation, why don’t you write about this blatant abuse of the Sunshine Law?  This writ was filed by Ernest O’Gaffney a citizen and resident of Christian county (Billings).   It was brought due to the act that the Missouri Revised […]

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MPN:Republican turned Democrat Chris Koster logged several contributions of note to some of the most conservative Republicans representing Missouri and the country during the 2000 and 2002 election cycles. According to the Federal Elections Commission, Koster donated $1,200 to then Sen. John Ashcroft, $250 to Rep. Sam Graves and another $1,000 to the first campaign […]

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From University News: By Joshua Seiden When Ward Connerly enters a room, one can expect spirited discourse and possibly some flaring tempers. “Without question, racial discrimination and slavery and Jim Crow were wrong, but you can’t unring the bell,” he told the University News during a recent visit to UMKC. “You can’t go back and […]

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