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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The Show Me Institute, founded by wealthy Philanthropist Rex Sinquefield, released a study yesterday that surprise surprise, Fired Up Missouri takes issue with. The survey found that two-thirds of Missouri residents favor offering tax credits for individual and corporate donations that fund tuition for poor families to educate their children in private schools. The survey […]

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From the Political Eye: Rex Sinquefield (local right-wing multi-millionaire and school voucher supporter) gave $5,000 to state Rep. Jonas Hughes (a black Kansas City Democrat) on March 1, six days before Hughes voted for the school voucher bill (HB 808) on March 7. There are at least two explanations for Jonas’ vote. One is that […]

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