Adding Insult to Injury
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 governing and likely expected him to try some new...
Author: Scott Faughn
Over 500 attend Rep. Rone and Gov. Greitens jobs rally
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 support for the jobs bill that Gov. Eric Greitens...
Rone says ‘in the Bootheel, a deal is a deal’ on special session language
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 the General Assembly the opportunity to pass legislation that...
The afterglow of session broken down by national pastime
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 it down by way of the national pastime. World...
We can only blame but ourselves
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 that actually wants the 500 jobs the smelter provides. Some...
The Supreme Court of Exclusively Northern Missourians & the Crystal Ball is Back
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 state, while the third doesn’t. Now imagine the third...
Jay Wasson: The Most Influential Senator?
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 say Sen. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, may, in fact, be...
5,000 new pages of gubment coming to attack you
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 me as much as I’m sure it did you....
Barnes, Gaston, Goodman, and Ehlmann headline lengthy list of those applying for Missouri Supreme Court vacancy
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Bar and Gov. Eric Greitens have a long list of people who applied to become the next person nominated to the Missouri Supreme Court. The commission announced the...
About Last Week: Behind the Senate’s Fight Over the Right of Recusal
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 debate over whether a senator has the right to...
