Thoughts on Akin, pro-choice and the abortion debate

Show Me Progress argues that U.S. Rep. Todd Akin reflects the beliefs of many pro-choice advocates.

Why Congress didn't pass the omnibus jobs bill

Fired Up! Missouri looks back on how the omnibus jobs bills was voted down in Congress a year ago.

The city has improved Brush Creek Trail

Toellner Tells It has high praise for the city's renovations of Brush Creek Trail.

Americans For Prosperity to spend nearly $1 million in Arkansas

The Wichita Eagle Blog notes that Americans For Prosperity is makings its presence felt in the Southern states with campaign donations.

Photo: Why PBS should be saved

MO Rage links to an infographic on why PBS should be saved.

Creating a definition for 'public education'

Show-Me Daily attempts to define the term "public education."

Spence campaign calls for Nixon campaign to pull bank ads

PoliticMo notes that Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence's campaign is calling on Gov. Jay Nixon's campaign to stop an ad that Spence's campaign says misrepresents his relationship to a bank that took funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program.

McCaskill doesn't see control of the Senate as an important issue

20 Pounds of Headlines writes that while U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was in Kansas City, she said that Democratic control of the U.S. Senate wasn't as important as finding a group of Senators willing to compromise.