JEFFERSON CITY - Showing little of the tolerance their party claims to represent, some state Democrats have launched a vicious political attack against Katie Smith who has been nominated by Gov. Matt Blunt to become the first female director of agriculture.
Even though Smith was raised and worked on the family farm in Platte County, continues [...]

In a victory for Missouri students and the state’s higher education system, the Missouri House sent to the Governor the landmark Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative that provides significant funding increases for scholarships and higher education facilities. After years of higher education neglect by Democrats, Governor Blunt and Republican leaders have secured opportunities and resources [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - If Jay Nixon really had any real concern for the plight of Reynolds County residents affected by the Taum Sauk Dam collapse, he should immediately use the more than $19,000 in campaign contributions he received from Ameren and donate the money to help local schools currently suffering because of Nixon’s political [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - As the expected Democrat candidate for governor, Jay Nixon owes it to Missouri taxpayers to say whether he specifically supports banning activist judges from raising taxes and eliminating the state tax on Social Security benefits.
Nixon refused a month ago to take a stand on the 35-word House Joint Resolution 1claiming that [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Susan Montee’s political whitewash of Jay Nixon’s role in the collapse of the Second Injury Fund has raised serious conflict of interest concerns regarding her husband’s law firm’s workers’ compensation cases and her current chief counsel’s previous role overseeing Second Injury Fund cases.
James Montee’s aggressive pursuit of lucrative workers’ compensation cases [...]