JEFFERSON CITY–Missouri seniors waited years for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, but it’s an election year, and Claire McCaskill is attacking the drug program for political purposes. McCaskill says the program isn’t working, yet hundreds of thousands of Missourians are paying less for their prescription drugs and almost 124,000 Missouri seniors have drug coverage for [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–The successes that Gov. Matt Blunt and the Republican-led Legislature have had creating jobs, providing more money for education and reducing waste in state government are the focus of a new radio advertisement that began airing today in the St. Louis region.
The 60-second radio ad specifically discusses tough policy choices made by Republicans [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Claire McCaskill should explain to Missouri students why she opposes Gov. Matt Blunt’s plan to pump $450 million into higher education and instead is proposing a ludicrous plan to fund the River Campus in Cape Girardeau with surplus state funds already spoken for.
McCaskill yesterday made the suggestion that Blunt should use state surplus [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Claire McCaskill conveniently failed to mention her opposition to ethanol during a visit to Cape Girardeau today even though the alternative fuel would provide an economic boost to Missouri farmers and reduce the state’s dependence on foreign oil.
“It’s unfortunate that Claire McCaskill would mislead southeast Missourians about her opposition to something that would [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Citing a potentially serious conflict of interest, the Missouri Republican Party today called on Claire McCaskill to release all detailed financial information about state low-income housing tax credits her husband’s businesses have received before she audits the entity that issues the credits.
McCaskill announced yesterday that she would conduct an audit of the Missouri [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Claire McCaskill’s ideological twin Hillary Clinton is bringing her radical left-wing agenda to Missouri next month in a desperate attempt to raise money in a state where most voters have rejected her tax-and-spend liberalism.
McCaskill and Hillary support same sex marriage. Missourians do not. McCaskill and Hillary oppose listening in on terrorist telephone calls. [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Choosing partisan politics over Missouri students and his own constituents, House Minority Leader Jeff Harris of Columbia has rejected a plan to provide $350 million for state colleges and universities including $85 million for a research facility at the University of Missouri.
Harris, who has been a longtime supporter of the Lewis [...]