Jared Craighead, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, made the following statement on the state Senate’s passage of the Lews and Clark Discovery Initiative:
“The initial passage of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative by the Republican-led state Senate is a victory for Missouri students who stand to benefit from the millions of dollars [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Jay Nixon has shown utter contempt and total disregard for Missouri taxpayers by covering up his bloated office budget request from state lawmakers who made reasonable requests for information from Nixon during the budget-writing process.
Reps. Jim Lembke and Nathan Cooper today issued a statement raising serious concerns about Nixon’s failure to [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In a stunning act of political protectionism, trial attorney and State Auditor Susan Montee today used an audit to shield Jay Nixon and his trial attorney contributors from blame in the impending insolvency of the Second Injury Fund overseen by Nixon.
Instead of examining Nixon’s role in overseeing the Second Injury Fund [...]

More than two years ago, the Governor and Republican lawmakers began instituting fiscal policies to help boost Missouri’s economy. Since that time, the state budget has shown surpluses and job creation has accelerated. The Department of Economic Development reported this week that 5,000 new jobs were created in February despite a particularly harsh winter. But [...]

‘Mr. Fix It’ Jay Nixon’s growing scandal surrounding the admission by Ameren officials that he sought out more than $19,000 campaign contributions from the utility is getting a much-deserved examination by the media. Nixon has yet to explain what he knew and when he knew it with regard to the money, instead preferring (through a [...]

Despite the best attempts of Jay Nixon and his Democrat friends to stop the bold and innovative Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative, support for it is growing, even among the media. The $350 million plan designed to benefit Missouri students through scholarships and new research facilities was praised today in an editorial by The Southeast [...]

The national media is keeping a close eye on Claire McCaskill even if the Missouri media will not. The Wall Street Journal took McCaskill to task yesterday for putting Big Labor ahead of national security. Not surprisingly, McCaskill received more than $350,000 from Big Labor political action committees, according to PoliticalMoneyLine. At issue is Democrat [...]