COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s recently-elected U.S. Senator has decided to bring two familiar faces into key positions within his new office. Josh Hawley has selected Kyle Plotkin, his U.S. Senate campaign manager, to serve as his chief of staff and […]
Millennials stepping up to leadership within the Missouri General Assembly
The Missouri General Assembly has a new age of leaders that grew up in an era unlike any before and they are stepping up to move the Show-Me State forward. Millennials have never experienced a world war or a draft […]
What voter-approved Clean Missouri changes and does not change
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At the start of November, Missourians overwhelming decided to overhaul the current ethics system in the General Assembly and replace it with significantly more stringent limits. The new standard approved at the ballot box institutes lower campaign […]
Parson ups executive ethical standards through executive order
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The ethics standard with employees of the executive branch have to adhere were increased through an executive order on Tuesday. Gov. Mike Parson signed Executive Order 18-10, which upholds the ban on employees of the executive […]
Graves touts GOP successes in farewell statement
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party said that he has completed the mission he started out with: leaving the party in a better place than it was when he arrived. In a statement, Todd Graves […]
Missourians already filing initiative petitions for 2020 election cycle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Before the 2018 general election results were finalized, Missourians were already looking ahead to 2020 and what measures they could put on the ballot. On November 7, 2018 — the day after the midterm elections — […]
Parson appoints Schmitt as next Attorney General
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson has appointed the state’s chief financial officer to take over as the next attorney general, filling the position soon-to-be vacated by Missouri’s new U.S. Senator-elect. On Tuesday, Parson announced that Missouri Treasurer Eric Schmitt […]
Elad Gross to run for Missouri Attorney General in 2020
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A St. Louis attorney who has made the fight against so-called dark money a personal crusade has decided to seek election as Missouri’s top law enforcement official. Elad Gross, who worked for the state under former-Attorney […]
West Lake Landfill owner continues trying spread cost of cleanup
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The owner of the West Lake Landfill is continuing the pursuit of spreading around the cost of the $205 million clean up, this time by seeking the current owners of the company that arranged for the […]
Voters reject fuel tax increase while approving medical marijuana, ethics reform, minimum wage increase and bingo changes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Once again Missouri voters rejected an increase to the state’s motor fuel tax while giving the nod to medical marijuana, ethics reform, a minimum wage hike, and changes to bingo regulations. Proposition D, which would have gradually […]