– Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and Gov. Jay Nixon will join President Barack Obama when he stops in Missouri on Friday to tout the state’s recovering auto industry. Scott Holste, a spokesman for Nixon, said the governor would join Obama…
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Three years from election, Kurt Schaefer announces campaign for attorney general
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– State Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, announced his candidacy for Missouri Attorney General on Wednesday, nearly three years before Republican voters head to polls for the 2016 primary. Speaking on the radio with Dana Loesch in St. Louis, Schaefer made…
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Nixon slated to address Clinton Global Initiative on disaster preparedness
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– Gov. Jay Nixon is slated to be in New York City next Tuesday to address the Clinton Global Initiative on disaster preparedness. Nixon, who led the Missouri response to the 2011 Joplin tornado, will deliver remarks before a panel…
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In Kansas City, Republicans mull dueling approaches to victory
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On one floor at the Midwest Republican Leadership Conference over the weekend was a group raising $15 a person to oust the so-called “flimsy 15,” a group of Republicans who earlier in the week had voted against their…
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Missouri lawmakers among “10 Under 40″ set to address CPAC St. Louis
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– A handful of state lawmakers will take the national stage next week after being selected to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference next weekend in St. Louis. The Missouri lawmakers, chosen by the American Conservative Union in collaboration…
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RNC chairman mulls possibility of Kansas City GOP convention
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Could the next Republican National Convention be held in Kansas City? It is possible, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told reporters after speaking there on Saturday. “It is centrally located. I like the central time…