A longtime Southwest Missouri conservative activist has hit a bump in the road after his three decades of involvement within the inner workings of the Missouri Republican Party. The eligibility of ballots submitted by Carthage-area resident John Putnam, former chairman…
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Missouri lawmakers overrode one-third of Nixon’s vetoes
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Legislature voted to override 10 of Gov. Jay Nixon’s 33 vetoes at its veto session — making major policy changes including strengthening Missouri gun rights while enacting legislation that will make it harder for…
Legislature spends $60 million, despite Nixon’s objections
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers voted Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s vetoes this summer of more than $60 million in budget items. The votes came as lawmakers met to consider more than 30 vetoed bills and dozens of…
Nixon, health groups join against e-cigarette bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — A week before state legislators return to the Capitol for the annual veto session, Gov. Jay Nixon joined Missouri health care advocates to highlight their opposition to a bill that was originally designed to prevent sales of…
Missouri lawmakers likely to override veto of abortion bill
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When lawmakers return to the state Capitol next week for a veto session, they will do so with a full plate: Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed nearly three dozen measures this summer, including a controversial bill…
Recount ordered in vote on ‘right to farm’ proposal
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced Tuesday that his office would conduct a recount of the close vote by which voters passed the controversial “right to farm” amendment to the state’s constitution earlier this month.…
A week after Joplin-area Democrats announce opposition to ‘right to farm’, Koster to visit area in support
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WEBB CITY, Mo. — With less than two weeks before the primary election, Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster plans to visit Southwest Missouri on Wednesday to tout his support for the August ballot’s “right to farm” amendment. Koster, a likely…
In Joplin, health care law and state inaction causing problem for local hospitals
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JOPLIN, Mo. — For Missouri hospitals, the federal health care law has caused quite a conundrum. Adding to it is that for the second year in a row, the Missouri Legislature has opted not to take money made available by…
72 Hours In Washington
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WASHINGTON — After spending most of the last six months at the Missouri State Capitol, I did what any other self-respecting journalist needing a break from the marble halls of government might do: I went to another Capital. In this…
Missouri Education Commissioner “caught off guard” by Common Core backlash
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro said on Friday she was surprised by the political opposition to the state’s adoption to the Common Core State Standards.