JEFFERSON CITY - Kay Barnes and her supporters at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are set to release a torrent of negative campaign ads against Congressman Sam Graves almost seventeen months before Election Day.  
Despite all her posturing about negative campaign tactics during last spring’s mayoral races, it seems Barnes has no problem [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Jay Nixon’s broken promise to reform the Second Injury Fund and his longtime practice of using the fund to reward his trial attorney political contributors explains why he is now desperately trying to cover up those facts by issuing politically-motivated letters FROM HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE to Gov. Matt Blunt.
A Nixon letter to [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Branson has been selected as the host city for the 2008 Missouri Republican Party State Convention from May 30 to June 1, Missouri Republican Party Chairman Doug Russell announced today. The State Convention will be held at Branson’s Chateau on the Lake.
“Branson is known internationally for its hospitality, entertainment and family-friendly atmosphere [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In a shocking display of hypocrisy, Jay Nixon’s claims that he is tough on sexual predators and sexual harassment ring disturbingly hollow after he hired and still employs a deputy who once blamed a female rape victim for being attacked and then ignored a jury by ruling against jail time [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - The failure of Democrats Robin Carnahan and Claire McCaskill to correct flawed ballot language approved by unsuspecting Missourians to increase the state’s minimum wage has raised statewide concerns over the additional costs associated with the omission of federal overtime rules for public safety workers.
Carnahan, as secretary of state, and former state [...]

Another 4,100 jobs were created in Missouri in May as part of an ongoing employment trend fostered by Republicans, in which 94,000 net new jobs have been created since January, 2005. Several industry groups added jobs in May. Construction employment was up by 1,000 jobs while educational and health services, accommodation and food services, and [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In a desperate attempt to garner sensational media headlines, Jay Nixon sent three of his attorneys general to a state office building in Jackson County to apprehend a suspect in a federal identity theft case even though she no longer worked there.
Even though suspect Robin Deardorff had been fired [...]