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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is to leave office Jan. 9 after two terms as the chief executive and 30 years in public office, including time spent as attorney general and a state senator. He has no plans to run for ...

Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri the 27th right-to-work state prohibiting mandatory union fees. That is unless Kentucky’s recently crowned GOP majorities can beat them to it. The race to expand right-to-work laws ...

The November election put Republicans in full control of a record number of state legislatures around the country, a level of power that gives the party an unprecedented opportunity: change the U.S. Constitution. Republicans already control Congress, the White House ...

A former consultant for Missouri’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Eric Greitens said Thursday that he is complying with a subpoena as part of an ethics investigation involving Greitens’ campaign and a charity he founded for military veterans. Michael Hafner appeared at ...

A decade after a brain injury ended his military career, former Marine Paul Joshu had lost his marriage, sobriety and sense of purpose. He was addicted to heroin, contemplating suicide and seemed stuck “in an endless abyss of turmoil.” That’s ...

Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens had committed to a four-year stint of regular drills in the Navy Reserve but quit just a few months later as he was ramping up his Republican campaign for Missouri governor, according to newly ...

Missouri gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens has capitalized on the connections he made as the founder of a charity for military veterans to help finance his Republican campaign, but denies he used a charity donor list for political purposes in potential ...

Missouri Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster released four years of tax returns Thursday, showing that his income from private investments has declined substantially during his current term as attorney general. Koster released his tax information a day before the first ...

The U.S. interstate highway system, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is showing its age. Many roads and bridges are in need of repair or expansion. Similar problems exist for public drinking and wastewater systems, dams and levees, airports, railroads ...

Gov. Jay Nixon cut $59 million in funding for Missouri’s schools, roads and other programs Thursday to counteract new tax breaks enacted a day earlier when lawmakers overrode vetoes. The Democrat, who previously warned lawmakers that the tax breaks would ...

Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens frequently recounts how he used his military combat pay from Iraq to found a charity that helps veterans transition to the private-sector through volunteer work. Although Greitens initially took no salary at The Mission ...