By Steve Walsh The challenge to the constitutionality of legislation decriminalizing midwifery in Missouri is before a Jefferson City judge. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Patricia Joyce has heard arguments from opponents and supporters of the law, which was slipped into HB 818, a health insurance bill, by Senator John Loudon (R-Chesterfield) in the final […]

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From the Mayor’s Desk: According to the media, a group of local ministers and other community leaders held a press conference at noon today to voice their support for Chief Sherman George. Like the ministers, I also support Chief George and have supported Chief George through some pretty bumpy times since I was elected. However, […]

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Hat tip: Missouri Politics Looks like Jay Nixon isn’t getting a free ride after all. Democrat Madeline Coburn is also running on the Democratic slate for Governor. Coburn, from Florrisant (north St. Louis County) is a 1989 graduate of Normandy High School. She is a Certified STL County Juvenile Mentor, Options For Justice Advocate, Legislative […]

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By Andy Ostmeyer LAMAR, Mo. — “We’re just desperate here,” Lamar City Administrator Lynn Calton said in welcoming a proposal by U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., to consider Harry Truman’s birthplace for inclusion in the national park system. Earlier this week, Skelton introduced legislation directing the U.S. secretary of the interior to conduct a study […]

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By Darren McFadden Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) sat down for an interview from Washington with the BDN this morning. This week marks the last week of business for Congress before the August recess. Graves said he plans to keep busy during the recess, visiting many of the communities in the 6th Congressional District, which includes […]

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Over at Mizz Carnahan’s blog there’s a poll askingtheir readers feelings about Koster’s move. So far, according to the poll, Koster is seen as a political opportunist…by the liberal Democrats who read that trash. Wake up Koster, they don’t want you and neither do most conservatives quite frankly. Go and sit down somewhere where you won’t […]

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From the Post Dispatch:  A state senator cited this week for illegally entering a casino had help from another legislator. State Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, was issued a summons Tuesday night on the Isle of Capri casino in Boonville for presenting false identification to gain access to a gambling boat, a misdemeanor criminal offense. […]

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Letter to the editor: (St. Louis American) Jay Nixon is going to be the Democratic nominee for governor and Matt Blunt is running for reelection as a Republican. So, the choice is clear. I am a business owner, and when Matt Blunt suspended the Disadvantaged Business Program for the state of Missouri it cost my […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: (573) 636-6060 August 2nd, 2007 Special Interest Group Reverts State to Pendergast Era Secrecy Majority of Members of the Appellate Judicial Commission Have Intimate Ties to Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Jefferson City) – The non-partisan, not-for-profit Adam Smith Foundation recently uncovered disturbing information demonstrating that a majority of the seven […]

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