Jo “sticky fingers” Mannies and the St. Louis Post Dispatch are reporting that Governor Blunt will appoint Patricia Breckenridge as the next Missouri Supreme Court justice. Those of you that are regular readers of MOPNS know that we brought you this story (and confirmed it) yesterday – a full day before the mainstream press. Related […]

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Hat tip: Branson Missouri blog: Missouri’s Attorney General Jay Nixon will be hosting a document shredding event in Columbia’s Reactor Field from 9 to 12 Saturday. Everyone’s invited! *If any of our readers plan to attend this event, please send us pictures or video.

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By DeANN SMITH, DAVE HELLING and LYNN HORSLEY Frances Semler said Thursday she’s feeling pressure that the city could lose two national conventions unless she resigns from the parks board. And she was shaken by a local group that showed up at her doorstep Wednesday. But, she said, “I don’t intend to resign.” Mayor Mark […]

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Anjali Pinto/Staff Photographer By Brad Fischer, Senior Staff Writer Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia, speaks to MU students about upcoming political events at the College Republicans’ first meeting of the year Wednesday in Memorial Union. College Republicans President Jordan Clementi led the meeting and introduced the other club leaders. With the 2008 election campaigns underway the […]

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From Media Transparency: (excerpted) In the aftermath of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling severely limiting the use of race in K-12 integration plans, Ward Connerly is feeling his oats. “I believe that we are now poised for a coup de grâce to say that race preferences in the eyes of the public should not […]

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5:01 p.m CST Jefferson City is buzzing with rumors that Governor Matt Blunt has made his choice for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the resignation of Judge Ronnie White this summer. Very credible Supreme Court sources tell us that Blunt has chosen the lone Republican on the three person list, Judge Patricia Breckenridge. Our […]

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Chris Koster’s defection – along with today’s Blog CCP post – further illustrates that if you are lacking a moral compass, values, or sufficient integrity, then you are right at home in the modern day Democratic Party. For a refresher, kooky fringe blogs – Blog CCP, K.C. Blue Blog, and Blue Girl/Red State, were falling […]

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From the 24th State: Jo Mannies catches up to two Republican party blogs who revealed Claire McCaskill’s refusal to give back tainted money from Norman Hsu associates For those not playing along, Norman Hsu is a fugitive wanted for over a decade for a Ponzi scheme, who also happens to be one of the best […]

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From Live Journal: RAYMORE, MO. — Talk about a nasty divorce. In an announcement last month that left Missouri politicos agape, state Sen. Chris Koster, a rising Republican star and chairman of the Senate’s GOP caucus, abruptly declared himself a Democrat. Not only did Koster join the marginalized minority party in Missouri, but he did […]

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Media Credit: Laila Wessel Mike Dorsey (left), the Midwest Political Director for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, and Gov. Holden urged others to get involved in the campaign and answered questions of the audience in the University Center Sunnen Lounge Sept. 4. From The Journal: (Webster University) By: Angela Riley Many left the University Center […]

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