“Being 50 out of 50 is not okay. Missouri is not a last place state,” says state nurse.
Author Archive for Eli Yokley
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.
Missouri bills would remove permit requirement for concealed weapons, allow guns on trains
by Eli Yokley •
Senate committee denies requests of reporter, activist to film
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In note written before death, former Schweich spokesman says he feared being unemployed
by Eli Yokley •
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – When Matt Blunt did not seek reelection and Jay Nixon became Missouri’s governor, Spence Jackson, a former Blunt staffer who was then a spokesman at the Missouri Department of Economic Development, lost his job with the state…
Following the suicide of his boss, Tom Schweich, spokesman takes own life
by Eli Yokley •
Spence Jackson, the former spokesman for Tom Schweich, Missouri’s state auditor who shot and killed himself at his home in Clayton, Mo., last month, apparently took his own life Sunday evening at his home in Jefferson City, multiple Republicans with ties to Mr. Schweich…
For first time since Schweich’s death, Catherine Hanaway is back on the campaign trail
by Eli Yokley •
In budget debate, Roy Blunt hopes to challenge U.S.-China climate change agreement
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Audit: Koster’s office has adopted no ‘formal policy’ on conflicts of interest
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As Republicans face split, Roy Blunt steers clear of John Hancock saga
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In battle with Hancock, Republican donors come to Humphreys’ side
by Eli Yokley •
— A day after Joplin Republican donor David Humphreys signed an affidavit supporting a claim by those close to the late state auditor that the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party had made anti-Semitic comments about him in advance of…