KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Missouri State Treasurer, Sarah Steelman, announced today the first time a “terror-free” investment product will be offered through a state college savings plan (“529” plan). The product, an actively managed international equity investment vehicle, provides Missouri college savings participants and investors across the country the opportunity to ensure that their portfolios exclude […]

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Arch City Chronicle: Gentry Trotter appears to be getting paid to write good things about Governor Matt Blunt by both the Governor and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In her July 11 column, Deb Peterson wrote, “Trotter, known mostly for his PR mavenry, has been named special assistant to Ed Martin, Gov. Matt Blunt’s chief of […]

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Media Credit: Kevin Ghadyani Andy Chen, David Greene and Jerald Kohrs chat about all things LGBT. More proof the world is going to hell in a handbasket? How soon will it be when “LBGT friendly” is a criteria used by U.S. News and World Report to rank our colleges? By Jessie Burche The Lesbian, Gay, […]

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Reader Jim Byrne has put together an excellent and comprehensive power point presentation on the sad state of our judicial system – particularly here in Missouri. You can download the Missouri Dictators Slideshow by clicking here. It provides the basics of our legal system that every Missourian should be aware of. Byrne argues passionately that […]

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From The Turner Report: My third book and first non-fiction effort, The Turner Report (I will never figure out where I come up with these titles) is just a few weeks away from publication. I received the proofs for the book and the cover earlier today. It will take me two or three days to […]

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Congressman Talks, Listens to Constituents Special to The Daily Forum U.S. Congressman Sam Graves visited Maryville on Wednesday to update constituents on the current legislative session in Washington. Graves though spent more time listening, as constituents asked about issues and solutions to problems. “You really can learn a lot more by listening,” said Graves. “If […]

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PUB DEF – the “non-partisan, independent political blog blog” – announced yesterday that they had joined a new collaborative “community blog” called Show Me Progress. Show Me Progress is being billed as “Missouri’s online progressive politics community.” The stated goal of the site is to “offer this blog as an independent “water cooler” for the […]

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MOPNS has had some harsh words for our newest Senator in the past but we must admit two things: 1. McCaskill has been the most tolerable Democrat in the state lately. Even though she’s a lefty the freshman senator recognizes the majority of her constituents are not…something the other Democrats are not aware of. 2. […]

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Where’s the outrage?  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — From city councils to county commissions to Missouri’s numerous executive branch boards, there is a common denominator in the way they conduct the people’s business. It’s called the Sunshine Law. It works like this: The public must be given notice of the time, place and agenda for […]

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Kudos to the bloggers over at FiredUp for effectively being the mouth piece of the Missouri Democrat Party while acting like an independent news source…it must be hard to try and be two things at once. Sometimes you do slip up and expose yourself for what you really are though. Like when you ignore Ms. […]

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