The possibility of Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder resigning from office so soon after being re-elected to a third term has Missouri House Republicans fast-tracking a bill laying out how to pick his successor.
Appointment goes to former GOP state senator
The new chairman of the Missouri GOP came out swinging Tuesday, attacking Democrats as desperate and out of new ideas even as they threw race-tinged barbs his way.
Missouri lawmakers have their eyes on reinstating liability limits for medical malpractice cases after the state Supreme Court struck down an existing …
Not a tough call
Colleagues and congressional analysts expressed surprise and dismay Monday after learning that U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri had decided to …
For decades, reformers tried to dam the rivers of money gushing into Missouri politics. And for decades, those efforts reliably sprung leaks.
But first, a quick look back at 2012
Any momentum stopped at next race on ballot — the Akin-McCaskill Senate race
Gov. Jay Nixon cruised to victory Tuesday, defeating his Republican opponent to earn a second term in office.
…and you won’t believe how many billions were spent on Election 2012
In a deeply polarized country, what Ralph Sadberry plans to do on Election Day might make little sense.
Akin’s favorable total: just 31 percent
She says people will be talking about this one
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has lost another round in his legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, known to some as Obamacare.
He’s up 19 points
The incumbent attorney general is the only statewide Democrat in Missouri to receive an “A.”
If politics makes for strange bedfellows, then the recent debate over local vehicle sales taxes in Missouri has made some that are …
In the five campaigns for Missouri statewide offices on this fall’s ballot, Democrats hold a significant fundraising edge over their Republican rivals, according to disclosure reports filed this week.
Campaign finance reports were filed this week.
Republican lieutenant governor says he opposes retroactive tax.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster apparently has decided not to appeal a judge’s decision to rewrite the summary voters will see for a health insurance ballot measure.
A Cole County judge on Tuesday threw out the Democratic Missouri secretary of state’s summary of a health care ballot measure, replacing …
Ballot summary was replaced by wording favored by Republicans.
While Missouri is no stranger to politically active nonprofits, the activities of Better Government for Missouri and Missourians for Low Energy Costs …
Supporters of Missouri ballot initiatives to increase the minimum wage and limit payday loans are going to court after election officials concluded they failed to collect enough signatures to put the measures before voters.
Uh, yea!
Big rally set for Tuesday
Brownback wins again, Kinder wins (but loses)
Kinder will face former Auditor Susan Montee this fall.
St. Louis businessman Dave Spence won the chance to take on incumbent Gov. Jay Nixon, besting his three GOP rivals for the …
David Humphreys and his family have donated $900,000 to Lager.
Akin appears to be surging; race still close
A law limiting the amount a person can be awarded for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice lawsuit was struck down …
Campaign for GOP nod enters final week
Eight-day fundraising reports due today
The Republican rivals met Monday during “Up to Date” on KCUR-FM.
Two forums for the price of one…
U.S. Senate race and others being waged elsewhere — for a reason
Republicans hoping to knock off Democratic incumbent face fundraising deficit.
Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is once again taking his opposition to the federal health care law to court, this time promising …
Peter Kinder and Brad Lager each have questions to answer
Both Peter Kinder and Brad Lager are trying to claim the title of most conservative candidate.
Republican believes language that will appear on the November ballot is “extremely biased.”
Candidate for lieutenant governor seeks to get Missouri out of Obamacare
Lager has raised nearly $1 million in the last week. Kinder has raised only $40,000 in that time.
President Barack Obama won big Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court backed his health care reform plan — but you wouldn’t know …
Sinquefield, Humphreys writing mega checks for lieutenant governor candidate
Calls self “the real conservative”
Twenty years ago this fall, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved term limits for members of the state legislature. Now critics are pointing to …
Republican Dave Spence is running for Missouri governor on a simple platform: He’s a businessman, and Missouri is a business. But an …
Missouri voters could get to decide whether to impose term limits on all executive officeholders under a proposal endorsed by the state Senate.
House Speaker Tilley, Floor Leader Jones among them.
Four women Democrats are now running for Missouri lieutenant governor.
Randles, Kinder leading in races for governor and lieutenant governor.
Former state Rep. and Health and Human Services regional secretary Judy Baker announces a campaign for Missouri lieutenant governor, setting up primary in the party
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder issues a massive missive aimed at salvaging his candidacy for governor.
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder on Thursday broke his two-day silence on his reported ties to a woman described as a former Penthouse Pet, calling her story “bizarre” and “not true.”Kinder,…
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s refusal to comment on a report about his alleged ties to a woman described as a former Penthouse magazine Pet is raising questions about his soon-to-be-launched…
Sister Berta Sailer didn’t see this one coming.
What does Colby, Kan., near the Colorado border, have to do with Kansas City, Kan.?
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has raised $1.4 million in the last three months to bolster his campaign for a second term as the state’s chief executive.
JEFFERSON CITY | A report released this morning by the Missouri state auditor’s office found Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder owes the state an additional $1,888 for hotel expenses dating back to 2005.
With floodwaters rising in 1993, Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan surveyed swamped towns and farms, declared “the devastation is terrible,” and then departed for a vacation in Italy. The next day, a…
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JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri auditor’s office said Thursday that it will review state reimbursements for lodging expenses claimed by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder over the last six years.
JEFFERSON CITY | A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and several others challenging the federal health care law.
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder paid the state more than $50,000 from his personal funds on Tuesday — an amount he deemed more than sufficient to cover any “questionable reimbursements†he has received for travel …
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JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Monday filed a legal brief supporting a lawsuit that challenges the federal health care law passed last year.
With this week’s revelation that Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder much prefers luxury hotels over the Motel 6, we now have a clear theme for the 2012 election in Missouri.
JEFFERSON CITY | A tempest raging over Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s pattern of hotel stays in St. Louis prompted Democrats on Wednesday to raise questions about a 2008 trip to Kansas City.
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Tuesday he would reimburse the state for $35,000 in hotel expenses but defended the sometimes posh lodging as proper and related to official state business.
The view from the 22nd-floor dining club of Hammons Tower provides ample evidence of the cast-in-concrete legacy of the 92-year-old hotel magnate whose family name graces seemingly every sizable…
MARSHALL, Mo. | The chairwoman of the Missouri Conservation Commission says she is running for lieutenant governor in 2012. Becky Plattner announced her candidacy Monday in Marshall, where she previously was the Saline County presiding commissioner.
Almost every legislature in the country is talking about cutting costs and services because of budget problems, but a few also are talking about downsizing themselves.Lawmakers in about a half-dozen…
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Six weeks to go before Kansas City’s mayoral primary. Time to get serious.
ST. LOUIS | The Associated Press is reporting that former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has forgiven a six-figure debt to his former second-in-command.
You won’t believe what those crazy pols said this year:
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s attendance at a Republican Governors Association conference is the surest sign yet that he plans to challenge of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in 2012.
As changes imposed by federal health care reform begin to take effect, states are joining together in a federal lawsuit to try to halt implementation.
WASHINGTON | As the political spotlight shifts to 2012, the glare will be bright in Missouri, where first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will face re-election.
Missouri Auditor candidate Tom Schweich can count on influential friends and an extensive resume in his first run for public office.
JEFFERSON CITY | Tom Schweich will challenge incumbent Democrat Susan Montee for the Missouri state auditor’s office, as he easily beat Allen Icet in the Republican primary on Tuesday night.
JEFFERSON CITY | The Republican primary for Missouri auditor pits an insider against an outsider and the establishment against the grassroots.
Steve Kraske’s column on the Brownback gubernatorial bid and the tightening of the Carnahan-Blunt face off for U.S. Senate.
Donors have contributed $6,600 to pay for Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s lawsuit challenging the new federal health care law.
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed a legal challenge in federal court Wednesday against the health care reform law passed by Congress last spring.
JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri’s treasurer faces an ethics complaint stemming from campaign donations from the owners of a development company, but he contends he has done nothing wrong.
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