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Lawmakers move to block ‘Jayhawk’ Missouri license plates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State Representative Steven Webber, D-Columbia, led a charge Tuesday against inscribing Kansas Jayhawks on Missouri license plates. “I have an amendment that will prevent the dreaded Jayhawk, the disgusting Jayhawk from being affixed to our beautifully crafted state license plates,” Webber said on the House floor. The bipartisan outrage — led [...]
— In a stealthy ceremony, Republican lawmakers inducted conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh into the Missouri Hall of Fame. Nearly 100 ticketed guests were invited into the House chamber for the ceremony to induct the Cape Girardeau native into the hall. Members of the Capitol police department and at least six highway patrolmen guarded [...]
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— While neither of the major presidential candidates are expected to spend significant time campaigning in Missouri, discussion of the state will not be completely absent from the national discussion. In a new web and ad campaign targeting swing state voters, the Obama campaign is highlighting Romney’s involvement in the failed GS Technologies Kansas City [...]
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — While the three Republicans hoping to replace U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill have been engaged in a tough primary, McCaskill has been watching. Speaking to Democrats at their annual Truman Days dinner in Kansas City, McCaskill dubbed the trio the “most extreme” Republicans Missouri has ever seen. “They make John Ashcroft look like [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With five days left in session, the Missouri General Assembly will return to the state capitol Monday with an unclear agenda. Unlike the previous week, when lawmakers focused almost exclusively on passing the state’s budget, the final week of session will likely be a potpourri of various bills members hope to [...]
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— Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Sarah Steelman is defending a Tea Party activist under fire for comments that have led law enforcement to increase security for Democrat Claire McCaskill. At a Tea Party Express rally in Springfield last week, Scott Boston, a St. Louis area conservative activist, delivered the remarks that authorities have deemed threatening [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters may have the chance to vote on initiatives this fall to raise the state’s minimum wage and to cap interest rates and fees on payday loans. Activists turned in more than 350,000 signatures supporting the two proposals to the secretary of state Sunday afternoon. The group said they collected [...]
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— U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, announced the support of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in his tough primary campaign against Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis. Nixon, who served with Clay in the state senate nearly two decades ago, announced his support in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In multiple cities across the country, hundreds of people staged rallies against policies they believe could limit some rights of women. In Missouri, nearly 300 people participated in a protest in Jefferson City on the front lawn of the state capitol. The group criticized laws currently floating in the General Assembly [...]
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— The Missouri Republican Party is playing hardball against U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, while the three Republicans vying for the nomination to challenge her continue their primary battle. The party filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics Thursday, alleging that McCaskill solicited campaign contributions while in a federal building during a television interview. [...]
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