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The focus of the debate over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is already turning toward the U.S. Supreme Court, even though it may be years before the justices resolve the law’s constitutionality.

Gov. Jay Nixon selected Hartsburg attorney Sara Parker Pauley to lead the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Gov. Jay Nixon appointed St. Louis lawyer and former state Rep. Brian H. May to head the state Division of Workers’ Compensation.

Although Republicans have a historic majority in the Missouri House, GOP leaders on Thursday picked three Democrats to head committees.

President Barack Obama nominated St. Louis Circuit Judge John Ross to be a federal judge.

A western Missouri senator has filed a bill that seeks to fix problems stemming from a Missouri Supreme Court decision on school tuition reimbursement.

Fewer than 50,000 votes separated Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill and Republican incumbent Jim Talent in Missouri’s 2006 U.S. Senate race — a difference of only about a dozen votes from each precinct. McCaskill won.

Former Missouri Republican Party Chairwoman Ann Wagner, left, launched a campaign Monday to become head of the Republican National Committee.

A law firm that dumped earnings tax obligations for many of its employees with a move out of the city of St. Louis has become one of the largest supporters of a campaign to keep the 1 percent levy.

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's attendance at a Republican Governors Association conference is the surest sign yet that he plans to challenge of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in 2012.

Robin Carnahan’s failed U.S. Senate campaign is opposing Fox News’ motion for a default judgment in a copyright suit over a campaign ad.