– Just a few days remain until the United States is expected to breach its debt limit, and without congressional action to raise the borrowing limit, some Missouri officials fear the worst. Gov. Jay Nixon, who has previously claimed a…
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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.
Fear of federal cuts behind food stamp rollback back plan, Nixon says
by Eli Yokley •
LAKE OZARK, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon said a rule proposed by his administration to cut thousands of childless adults from food stamps is necessary to prepare for potential cuts in federal spending. Speaking with reporters in Lake Ozark on Friday,…
McCaskill: Obamacare critics in Congress should return federal employer contributions for health care
by Eli Yokley •
– Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said congressional Republicans critical of the federal government paying a portion of their health insurance should consider writing a check back to the Treasury. In an interview Thursday afternoon, McCaskill – in Washington as…
Missouri editorial boards split on Nixon’s plan to cut food stamp recipients
by Eli Yokley •
– Traditionally liberal editorial boards in Kansas City and St. Louis are split on Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s new proposal to trim the ranks of the state’s food stamp recipients. In Kansas City, the editorial page of the Kansas City…
Blunt: Focus on shutdown instead of Obamacare a strategic error for GOP
by Eli Yokley •
– U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said the timing of the government shutdown coalescing with the rollout of the federal health care marketplace was a strategic error for Republicans hoping to build public opposition to President Barack Obama’s signature legislative…
2014 Watch: The 12 most vulnerable state representatives?
by Eli Yokley •
– Missouri Democrats have vowed to redouble their efforts to take back and maintain seats in the General Assembly. But a new focus – backed by a fundraising boost from Attorney General Chris Koster and a more aggressive stance from the…
Former Nixon, McCaskilll 2012 staffers get married on The Colbert Report (Video)
by Eli Yokley •
— Their planned Washington, D.C., wedding this week was shutdown when Congress failed to pass spending resolutions to continue government funding, but a couple active in Missouri politics during the 2012 cycle got one better from Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert…
Team Zweifel: No decision has been made on Blunt challenge
by Eli Yokley •
— Despite Missouri Democratic Party Executive Director Joe Duffy floating his name for U.S. Senate in 2016, a source close to State Treasurer Clint Zweifel said no decision has been made about Zweifel’s political future as he moves through his…
Kansas City medical research tax supporters near $1 million in contributions
by Eli Yokley •
– Nearly a week after the costly fight over a statewide tax cut ended, supporters of a Kansas City-area sales tax increase effort were just beginning. In August, the Jackson County Legislature approved a plan to place the 20 year,…
In government shutdown, McCaskill, Blunt have different definitions of “essential” staff
by Eli Yokley •
– As the doors were being closed at the offices of Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, her Republican counterpart offered a different message: We’re open for business. On the first day of the first government shutdown in 17 years, U.S.…