There is a troubling theme developing in state politics, if you disagree with someone and they are proving effective at moving the debate in a…
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Scott Faughn is the publisher of The Missouri Times, owner of the Clayton Times in Clayton; SEMO Times in Poplar Bluff; and host of the only statewide political television show, This Week in Missouri Politics.
Under a draft plan of the Governor’s Tax Committee’s findings obtained by The Missouri Times taxes go up for a barber in Willow Springs, a…
I don’t like to let too many folks back home know about my clairvoyant abilities; you understand, I get a lot of requests for lotto…
Our new governor is obviously a very talented politician and a seemingly very complex guy. Missourians knew they were electing someone with no experience in…
NEW MADRID, Mo – During a rainstorm, a crowd swelling to over 500 gathered on the site of the now-shuttered Noranda aluminum smelter to show…
NEW MADRID, Mo. — As anticipation builds toward Monday at 4:00 p.m. when the Gov. Eric Greitens has set for a special legislative session to allow…
After the paper toss and the press conferences, we decided a very nuanced session was more complex than winners and losers and decided to break…
I learned this afternoon the iron smelter which was ready to come to the Bootheel has already gotten an offer from New York – a state…
By Scott Faughn, Missouri Times publisher Imagine a state split into three regions. Now imagine two of the three have huge cities that dominate the…
In a body where, in theory, every senator is equal at the end of each session, some senators have a greater influence on legislation. Many…