JEFFERSON CITY - A legal memo filed with the Supreme Court seeking a return of campaign contributions has exposed Jay Nixon’s preference for putting his political interests ahead of his constitutional duty to defend state law. The memo also reveals Nixon’s underhanded attempt to exempt Claire McCaskill from having to return excess contributions she [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Jay Nixon’s previous decisions not to defend Missouri’s pro-life positions because he is “pro-choice” raise questions regarding whether he will refrain from doing so in the future. A potential lawsuit being considered by pro-abortion forces that would challenge a pending state law requiring abortion providers to comply with new medical and structural [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In an intriguing political battle over the public’s right to know about campaign contributions, leading Democrat lawmakers are fighting with the Missouri Democrat Party and its de facto leader Jay Nixon over a Missouri Supreme Court decision to strike down unlimited campaign contributions and whether contributions exceeding the newly reinstated limits [...]

The Missouri Supreme Court on July 19 unanimously struck down a state law allowing unlimited campaign contributions and other changes to our campaign finance laws. This decision means that the state’s campaign contributions limits and laws are now similar to those during the 2006 election cycle. It is imperative that Missouri Republicans stay within [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In a stunning public admission that should disqualify him from further involvement in the Taum Sauk dam collapse case, Jay Nixon today publicly cast doubt on his own prosecutorial impartiality for taking more than $19,000 in campaign contributions from the utility while he was investigating it.
The Kansas City Star [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - Jeff  Harris’ recent attack against candidates who loan themselves money for their campaigns is an indictment of fellow Democrat Claire McCaskill, who still has not paid back the entire $1.6 million she loaned herself in her failed 2004 bid for governor.
Harris’ comments to the Columbia Daily-Tribune on July 17 that [...]

JEFFERSON CITY - In an obvious case of political back-scratching, lawyers with firms that collectively made more than $100 million when Jay Nixon hired them to work on Missouri’s portion of the national tobacco settlement recently contributed almost $60,000 to Nixon’s campaign for governor.
Nixon’s campaign finance report for the quarter ending June [...]