Wake Up Call: Rod Jetton is still working on making up a story on why he slipped a provision into a lengthy bill which made it easier to become a Village in Missouri. Of course, the real reason is he wanted to help out a wealthy businessman/developer, Robert Plaster, but he can’t admit that. However, […]

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“Jetton was unavailable for comment Monday…” By Marshall Griffin  A controversial last-minute provision added to Missouri’s local government bill earlier this year allows landowners in Missouri to form self-governing villages. Now, one lawmaker wants to eliminate it. Republican House Member Dennis Wood said the measure allows landowners to exempt themselves from county zoning laws. Wood […]

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MOGOP press release: JEFFERSON CITY _ With Jay Nixon poised to use his office to launch a politically-motivated legal attack against the governor, the Missouri Republican Party today called on officials outside Nixon’s political sphere of influence to launch investigations into his illegal use of state resources for political purposes, the failure of his office […]

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Fat Lady Singing for Jetton? MOPNS reported to you back in June that patience within the Republican caucus was wearing thin in regards to Speaker Jetton and his questionable ethics. From signing Romney campaign emails as “speaker Rod Jetton;” to scalping baseball tickets for fundraisers; to purchasing office equipment for his consulting business with campaign […]

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State Rep. Doug Ervin will appear on the “Conservatism with Heart” blog/radio program this coming Monday, November 12th. The program is an innovative extension of Dee Vantuyl’s blog of the same name.  We applaud Vantuyl for using another platform to boost the blogosphere further into the domain of the traditional media, in this case radio. Mike […]

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The Show-Me Institute has released a policy study about the abuses of eminent domain when used for private profit in Missouri. Although many government officials believe that eminent domain is necessary for comprehensive development projects that will help stimulate the economy, the study focused on how eminent domain often hurts economic development by creating economic […]

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Rep. Baker is from Belton and is currently serving his third term in the Legislature. During the interview, Baker disputes Democrats’ claim that hundreds of thousands of Missourians have been thrown off state health care over the past three years, saying that reducing Medicaid fraud and people finding private health care account for parts of […]

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 The Missouri Political News Service has obtained an eleven page letter that former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves has sent on his firm’s legal stationary to the Missouri Ethics Commission. The Commission meets today to decide the fate of millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Mr. Graves, brother of Rep. Sam Graves, writes in the letter that he hopes to “provide the Commission […]

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The public tension is becoming palpable now between GOP House back-bencher Dennis Wood and Speaker Rod Jetton as Wood continues to urge Jetton to answer for a controversial legislative change made late in the 2007 session. Wood says Jetton is personally responsible for a provision that will allow developers to avoid oversight of county governments […]

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Rep. Joe Aull, D-Marshall, was one of three people charged yesterday with a misdemeanor crime of presenting a false identification at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville. Cooper County prosecutor filed charges yesterday against Aull, along with Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis City, and former Isle of Capri lobbyist Lynn Schlosser of Kansas City. […]

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