JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Congressman Jason Smith was among one of many Southeastern and Southern Missourians expressing their disapproval of a proposed land purchase by…
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Lobbyist gift bill heads to the House, campaign committee bill stagnates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – While another major piece of ethics legislation will move onto the House chamber, albeit after much discussion about expensive orchids, another…
Revolving door legislation perfected by House, McCreery adds more ethics language
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A bill which would ban legislators from becoming lobbyists a year after the end of their terms was perfected in the…
Greitens announces state leadership campaign team
ST. LOUIS – Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens announced his leadership team for his campaign Wednesday. The author and former Navy SEAL has put together a…
Lobbying reform bills referred from committee
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Government Oversight and Accountability Committee heard testimony and reported “do pass” on four lobbying reform bills in one of the…
Q & A: Sen. Gary Romine speaks about the ASARCO settlement
With Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to approve the purchase of a parcel of land in Oregon County to build a state park using funds from…
The Six Biggest Issues of 2016
The time to pre-file legislation has almost elapsed, and legislative leaders are in Jefferson City to determine what will be the major topics of discussion in…
Texts from the Trail: Once upon a time in Missouri
Missouri Republicans devolved into open warfare against each other. A pro Right-to-Work group funded by Republicans fired the latest shot in the civil war with…
Nixon comments on ethics reform, stadium issues
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After Gov. Jay Nixon held his Christmas tree decorating ceremony Tuesday morning, he took some time to speak out about the…
Legislators question Office of Administration on state stadium funding issues
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An aura of frustration from a lack of information filled the House Budget Committee hearing Monday on the proposed new football…