Last week’s ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court striking down the bipartisan campaign finance reform provisions enacted last year is a reversal of Missouri’s intent to increase transparency and add sunlight to the flow of money in Missouri’s political process. The intent of the Missouri Legislature in passing the common-sense campaign finance reform package was […]

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The Post Dispatch news hounds and their prolific story stealer Jo Mannies broke big news yesterday. Ms. Mannies informed us that the National Urban League – a 501c3 organization barred by law to endorse candidates – will not be endorsing presidential candidates at their annual convention in St. Louis this week! And since “Political Correspondent” […]

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We can’t wait for the comments on this piece! By Debbie Coleman Kay Barnes claimed rural, suburban roots when she brought her congressional campaign to Blue Springs Tuesday night. The 6th District congressional candidate and former mayor of Kansas City was quick to point out that her formative years, and even some beyond, were not […]

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“I knew that moving inside the City of Saint Louis would mean that my congressman would be a Democrat, but today I learned that it’s Russ Carnahan. Sigh. He occupies Dick Gephardt’s old seat. Carnahan isn’t the worst Democrat in the world, but he has a last name in this state. I’m still learning about […]

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Adam Smith Foundation press release: (Jefferson City) – This evening the non-partisan, not-for-profit Adam Smith Foundation expressed its disgust with the blatantly liberal panel announced by the Appellate Judicial Commission. “Today the Non Partisan Court Plan proved it has devolved into the Partisan Court Sham” stated John Elliott. Clearly, the ‘non-partisan’ court plan has ceased […]

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It seems the asinine commission in charge of picking Blunt’s choices for the Missouri Supreme Court wasn’t so bipartisan at all. Judge Patricia Breckenridge who is the commission’s token Republican, is not so Republican after all. Like most judges who are forced to refrain from partisan politics, Breckenridge has a spouse (Bryan Breckenridge) who is […]

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The ridiculous nonpartisan commssion in charge of picking the finalists for Matt Blunt to pick for the high court have picked:  Nannette A. Baker- Democrat appointee Patricia A. Breckenridge- Republican appointee Ronald R. Hollinger- Democrat appointee. Baker is the only African-American and she is also the only one who will definitely not make it to round […]

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We teach our kids to follow the rules. Jeff Roe must not have picked up on this idea. Jeff Roe’s blog, the Source, “leaked” the names of folks who applied for the Supreme Court. He knows it violated Missouri Supreme Court rules because Roe refuses to identify “VERY RELIABLE SOURCE.” To make it even more […]

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by TIM HARE Ledger Staff Writer The body of U.S. Army Spec. Robert Daniel Varga of Monroe City was brought to Mexico Memorial Airport-Hagan Brothers Field on Friday morning, en route to his final resting place in Monroe City. Varga, a member of the 759th Military Police Battalion, 984th Military Police Company, died July 15 […]

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By Tim Asher Executive Director Missouri Civil Rights Initiative The poignant article in the July 15 Tribune dealing with affirmative action and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of race as a dominant factor in school admissions serves to affirm what many already believe: Government efforts to engineer racial balancing and proportional […]

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