Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin is releasing a new book, Firing Back, and has taken aim at Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt in the process. 1. Akin says Blunt isn’t Missouri’s True Conservative “On the first weekend…
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Eli Yokley is editor in chief of PoliticMo, and also serves as a political contributor to The Joplin Globe and the St. Louis Business Journal. He can be reached at eli@politicmo.com.
Gov. Nixon signs measure extending Missouri Rx program
by Eli Yokley •
Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Thursday sponsored by Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, that will extend Missouri’s prescription drug assistance program for another three years. “Missouri Rx helps hundreds of thousands of seniors and Missourians with disabilities afford the prescription medication…
Will Kraus enters Republican field to challenge Jason Kander
by Eli Yokley •
State Sen. Will Kraus, R-Kansas City, announced his 2016 campaign for Missouri Secretary of State in a statement Thursday morning. “I believe we need better leadership in the Secretary of State’s office, both for Missouri’s voters and for our small…
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins calls for renewal of Export-Import Bank
by Eli Yokley •
–Gov. Jay Nixon on penned a letter Wednesday to the leadership of the U.S. Congress calling on them to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter, which is scheduled to expire later this year. “Failure to reauthorize the agency’s operations will…
Should there be a constitutional ‘right-to-farm’? Missouri voters will decide in August
by Eli Yokley •
NEOSHO, Mo. — Since the 1940s, the family of state Rep. Bill Reiboldt has owned and operated a farm on the outskirts of Neosho. Before he sold his milk cows, Reiboldt had eight people working on the farm. These days,…
Ballot summary for posed gun amendment at issue as voters consider gun-rights expansion
by Eli Yokley •
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” Nonetheless, Missouri voters in August will consider an amendment to the state’s constitution to expand that further. The measure, Amendment 5, is…
Eric Schmitt says he’ll run for Missouri State Treasurer in 2016
by Eli Yokley •
– State Sen. Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday his candidacy for Missouri State Treasurer in 2016 – more than two years ahead of election day. “Service to others has always come first in my professional life,” said the St. Louis Republican. “I’m…
Sides align on Gov. Nixon’s abortion-wait veto
by Eli Yokley •
A Republican state senator from Cassville who was a sponsor of a bill extending the waiting period for abortions said he was “deeply disappointed” by Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the measure. “Serious elected officials remember that unborn children are…
Hobby Lobby case sets legal precedent
by Eli Yokley •
Religious rights activists in Missouri claimed a major victory Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that closely held corporations can cite religious objections to the federal health care law. The high court sided with members of the Green family,…
City of St. Louis joins legal fight for LGBT marriage in Missouri
by Eli Yokley •
Nearly a decade after Missouri voters approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages in Missouri, the City of St. Louis had decided to put up a challenge.