Sources tell the Missouri Political News Service that Keith Savage – St. Louis entrepreneur and aspiring politician – will not be a candidate next year for the 58th District House seat. Look for an announcement soon. Savage was rumored to be running, if and when, Rep. Rodney Hubbard stepped up and announced he was running […]

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The Missouri Political News Service is frankly surprised that a respected publication, such as the Springfield News Leader, is jumping on the bandwagon calling for the non-anonymity of political blogs. The News Leader printed a editorial today titled “Bloggers should not hide names.” First, we believe it’s elitist for your editorial to call those who […]

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It seems the the AP’s Kelly Wiese is vying for a job in the Missouri Democrat Party’s press office. Public outcry results in big talk, no action By KELLY WIESE Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A few months ago, Missouri residents were upset and demanding change on problems ranging from losing electricity […]

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The Raytown Progressive blog is giving congratulatory shout outs to the Raytown Democratic Association. The organization was recently honored at the annual Truman Day’s Banquet with the Harry S Truman Democratic Organization Achievement Award. The post goes on to say that the RDA has “worked hard at every level to elect solid progressives to office.” […]

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Tipsters tell MOPNS that two names have emerged in the last few hours as potential candidates for White’s vacated seat. The two names – Gerald R. Reynolds, Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, of Kansas City and Brenda Talent, wife of former Senator Talent and current Tax Attorney, have consistently found their […]

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The Missouri Political News Service broke the story last week that Judge Ronnie White would be retiring from the bench soon. In the Post article, White says he’s “made no decisions” and that he plans to “spend the next month” exploring his options. We also reported that Judge White will be a partner in the […]

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From Missouri Source: AG Jay Nixon just announced he would not seek criminal charges against Ameren for the 2005 Taum Sauk dam break that resulted in millions of dollars in damages to one of the state’s most cherished parks–Johnson’s Shut Ins. Apparently, it’s okay for 1.3 billion gallons of water to decimate a state park […]

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HB 1055 does a few things. First, it stresses that public school course materials about human sexuality shall be “medically and factually accurate” and shall:             (1) Present abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relation to all sexual activity for unmarried pupils because it is the only method that is one […]

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By Antonio D. French (Pub Def) JEFFERSON CITY — The freshman senator who once proclaimed on campaign literature that if the Republican leadership was for something, he was probably against it, has now found more support on the other side of the aisle than his own. State Senator Jeff Smith spent much of the night […]

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By Mindy Honey BDN Staff Writer REEDS SPRING — What started out as a class project for Janna Elfrink’s Reeds Spring Intermediate School fifth-grade science class will be signed into law soon by Gov. Matt Blunt. “We are hoping next week,” Elfrink said, but Blunt has until July to sign it. House Bill 351, naming […]

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