JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The campaign to elect Missouri judges is over before it began. Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced Tuesday that the group Better Courts for Missouri came up short in their attempt to raise enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot that would repeal the state’s current non-partisan [...]
Continue reading …While two candidates for U.S. Senate are getting the lion’s share of media play, several contenders have been beating the state’s highways to spread their messages from door to door. Missouri News Horizon tracked down several of the people attached to the names that will be listed on the ballots election officials will distribute in [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — About one million voters are forecast to cast ballots in Tuesday night’s statewide primaries, according to data complied by the secretary of state. A number of spirited local races appear to be peaking voters’ interest, but historical data suggest the ballot issue gauging voter support of the nationwide health care plan [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In the same week Goldman Sachs reported an uncharacteristic drop in quarterly profit, the famed investment house finalized an agreement to buy back up to $60 million in Missourians’ ill-fated auction rate securities. Goldman also agreed to pay $130,000 to the Missouri Investor Education and Protection Fund. The settlement, announced by [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A controversial measure to increase renewable energy projects in and near Missouri was stripped from the final version of the state’s new renewable energy law. The Missouri Public Service Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 to send the voter-mandated renewable energy standards to Secretary of State [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is targeting challenger U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., in her “Stop the Bull” tour of Missouri. The two are widely touted as lead contenders in a field of 17 candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be [...]
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