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…
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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.
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…
I was listening to the Senate debate on confirming the new Director of the Department of Corrections when Sen. Bob Dixon mentioned something that shocked…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Bar and Gov. Eric Greitens have a long list of people who applied to become the next person nominated…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The State Senate ground to a halt Jan. 30 over a confluence of issues coming together to manifest themselves in a six-hour…
People around the nation had many takes on Saturday’s protests by women about the newly-elected President. However, organizers in both St. Louis and Kansas City…
The newly-elected Governor showed that he may be one of the best orators to hold the office in a generation with his inaugural, but his…