Of course Jay Nixon never plays partisan politics with his office, from the AP:  Sen. Claire McCaskill and others working to pay off old campaign debts could benefit if the state Supreme Court follows the state’s suggested model for reinstating Missouri’s campaign contribution limits. A brief filed by Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, on behalf […]

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I was appointed to the Boone County Board of Adjustment toward the beginning of this year, but this month marked the first meeting of the board this year. There were two cases before the board, one of which I considered a slam-dunk approval and the other generated more discussion that I thought would occur (but […]

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By Jen Chen The Hill, a D.C. newspaper that usually covers Congress, announced its fourth-annual list of the “50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill.” The write-ups make for entertaining reading, thanks to The Hill’s vapid, breathless writing. I scoured the list to see if anyone from here is on it. Sure enough, we Midwesterners […]

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It seems the asinine commission in charge of picking Blunt’s choices for the Missouri Supreme Court wasn’t so bipartisan at all. Judge Patricia Breckenridge who is the commission’s token Republican, is not so Republican after all. Like most judges who are forced to refrain from partisan politics, Breckenridge has a spouse (Bryan Breckenridge) who is […]

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The ridiculous nonpartisan commssion in charge of picking the finalists for Matt Blunt to pick for the high court have picked:  Nannette A. Baker- Democrat appointee Patricia A. Breckenridge- Republican appointee Ronald R. Hollinger- Democrat appointee. Baker is the only African-American and she is also the only one who will definitely not make it to round […]

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Kudos to Greg Young, a citizen activist who cares about the way his-and your- tax dollars  are  being spent. For many years, Greg Young would read a newspaper and turn to his wife, Donna, and complain when he found something that aggravated him. On Nov. 10, 2005, Young came across a story that motivated him […]

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From KY3 Political Notebook: Democratic State Rep. Margaret Donnelly from St. Louis County becomes the first woman in Missouri to ever run for Attorney General. In an interview with the KY3 Political Notebook in Springfield, Donnelly said she filed campaign papers with the Missouri Ethics Commission Wednesday. Read more… Related: Arch City Chronicle: Donnelly press […]

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As long as there is full disclosure, people should be able to do what they want when they want with their own money. The idea is pretty–no, very– damn simple…if we lived in a sane society. From the KC Star: JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated limits on political contributions, throwing […]

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It was part of a piece on Midwest congressional races:  Missouri’s 6th (Northwest — St. Joseph, part of Kansas City). Republican Rep. Sam Graves and Democrat Kay Barnes, a recent former mayor of Kansas City, are headed toward an expensive showdown in a district where the Democrats did not seriously compete in recent election cycles. […]

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For the second time Larry Griffin was found guilty of murder, this time by an investigative team. Unfortunately facts don’t matter for one of our congressmen: Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Democrat from St. Louis, said he was “disgusted” by the circuit attorney’s findings. “The plain facts are that people closest to this case continue […]

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