The private attorneys who represented former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ office against potential impeachment proceedings won’t be paid by the state for more than $180,000 of legal bills, a top official decided Thursday. Office of Administration Commissioner Sarah Steelman said ...
Read More »Calls for resignation, impeachment, mount for Greitens
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens faced mounting calls to resign Thursday following allegations of unwanted sexual aggression toward a woman as his defense attorneys argued that a criminal indictment against him should be dismissed because of alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The developments ...
Read More »Missouri governor: ‘no blackmail,’ ‘no violence’ in affair
In his first interview since acknowledging an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Saturday that there was “no blackmail” and “no threat of violence” by him in what he described as a months-long “consensual relationship” with his former hairdresser. ...
Read More »Former Navy SEAL Greitens sworn in as Missouri governor
Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens was sworn into office Monday as Missouri governor, pledging to bring an outsider’s perspective to a state that for the first time will be overseen by a GOP governor paired with supermajorities of Republicans ...
Read More »Missouri donors say effort to limit money in politics failed
Although Missourians have voted to end the state’s policy of unlimited political giving, mega-donors say the effort to limit the role of money in politics won’t work and might inadvertently increase the clout of wealthy donors. At issue is a ...
Read More »Final veto showdown for Missouri’s most-overridden governor
Missouri lawmakers are set to expand Gov. Jay Nixon’s already historic status as the state’s most overridden governor, a record the Democrat earned after years of clashing with a Legislature under virtually unchecked Republican control. Since Nixon took office in ...
Read More »Nixon isn’t saying whether he’ll veto gun bill
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon isn’t saying yet whether he’ll veto a sweeping expansion of gun rights passed by lawmakers on Friday. The legislation was among the most prominent measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature on the final day of its ...
Read More »Missouri religious exemption measure advances
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate on Wednesday advanced a proposal to add greater religious protections to the state Constitution for business owners and individuals opposed to gay marriage after Democrats stalled a vote for about 37 hours. The move marked an end ...
Read More »McCaskill says she won’t run for governor in 2016
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she won’t run for Missouri governor in 2016, avoiding a potential Democratic primary with Missouri’s attorney general.
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