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The Missouri General Assembly is in session. That means that there's a pile of House conceal carry bills. With apologies to Atrios. HB 1781 Changes the laws regarding carrying concealed weapons in the State Capitol Building Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (20) Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2010 CoSponsor: Brown, Dan (149) ..........etal. LR Number: 3549L.01I Last Action: 01/25/2010 - Read... ...
Show Me Progress - Mon 6:53 p.m. - 4 clicks 
Jesus wasn't the only one who has ever had just a few loaves and fishes to feed a throng. This year, every director of a state agency in Missouri knows how it feels to try to do almost as much as ever with only fives loaves and two fishes. That was the message from the panelists at the Missouri Budget Forum last Friday, sponsored by the Nonprofit Services Center and moderated by Dr. James Kimmel.....
Show Me Progress - Mon 6:03 p.m.
This is the forty-fourth post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB Everybody is getting into the act now that other media are actually covering this story. And by everybody we mean those... [[...
Show Me Progress - Mon 3:05 p.m.
Missouri State Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, a public school basher through four terms in the House and her first year in the Senate is at it again. For the third consecutive year, two in the Senate and one in the House, Mrs. Cunningham filed the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act . Riding the publicity two years ago of an Associated Press series that showed Missouri had a large nu...
DailyKos (Missouri) - Mon 6:09 a.m. - 5 clicks
A new snow storm is coming tonight, and the City is asking residents to assist the snow plow crews by parking off the streets if possible. As always, parking on emergency snow routes is illegal when the snow ordinance is activated. News from City Hall City Communications Office City of Kansas City, Mo. http://www.kcmo.org CONTACT: Mary Charles, city communications officer, [...]...
BlogKC - Sun 6:36 p.m. - 3 clicks
Melanie Shouse's traveling billboard is pictured at left. Cancel that memorial service for Melanie Shouse next Sunday afternoon. She doesn't deserve all the hoopla because, as several right wing bloggers have made clear, all she did was make a really, really stupid mistake in putting off a visit to the doctor when she found a lump on her breast. Gateway pundit (ht: St. Louis Activist Hub)... ...
Show Me Progress - Sun 12:29 p.m. - 3 clicks
Finally, somebody gets it !! Springfield News Leader editorial Feb. 6 on raising pollution permit fees is welcome news. Southwest Missouri sees itself as even more dependent on clean water than the rest of the state although I don't think that's true. Clean water is the life source for all of us. If the economic argument is what gets DNR's attention, so be it.... [[ Thi...
Show Me Progress - Sun 8:41 a.m. - 6 clicks
What lessons did we learn from Columbine? When Klebold and Harris shot up the Littleton, Colo. high school April 20, 1999, I was in my final month as the editor of The Carthage Press, a small daily in southwest Missouri and far removed from both the carnage and any personal knowledge of what goes on in the classroom. My introduction to teaching came less than four months later when I was h...
DailyKos (Missouri) - Sat 11:26 p.m. - 5 clicks
This is the forty-third post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB On Thursday I was contacted by the Muleskinner, the student newspaper at the University of Central Missouri and asked if I would....
Show Me Progress - Sat 8:44 a.m. - 8 clicks
Paul Krugman compares the deficit scare talk that is becoming ubiquitous to the false "groupthink" that led us into the Iraq War. At the opposite pole, the St. Louis Post-Dipsatch printed a story about how attendees at the Tea Party convention are seeking to define their hitherto diffuse, rage-impelled "movement" as a "push for limited government and fiscal conservatism" where "Criticism of the......
Show Me Progress - Fri 5:07 p.m. - 3 clicks
As you surely know, small businesses drive the economy, and State Treasurer Clint Zweifel just sent us another reminder that his brainchild, the Linked Deposit Program, is creating jobs. His first press conference to illustrate its success showcased Milind Sant's lipid analysis business, which was able to remain in Missouri because the Linked Deposit loan Sant received here will eventually save......
Show Me Progress - Fri 12:25 p.m. - 5 clicks
On Wednesday, I attended Conservation Lobby Day in Jefferson City and tried to keep up with all the bright and energetic people half my age. That's me above the y in efficiency The event was co-sponsored by Missouri Sierra Club, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, and Missouri Votes Conservation The day was very well organized, and we could choose one of four topics to discuss with the... ...
Show Me Progress - Fri 11:02 a.m. - 5 clicks
As much as I have often wondered what kind of hallucinogenic drugs Missouri state legislators are on when they pass one ludicrous bill after another, I never dreamed the same thoughts were running through their heads. That revelation came this week as the Missouri House of Representatives debated a bill that would require anyone receiving public assistance to undergo periodic random drug tests....
DailyKos (Missouri) - Fri 9:26 a.m. - 5 clicks
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (r) has had a busy news cycle. Our previous post today: Senator Kit Bond (r): "Apologize, who me?" And there's this: Martha Johnson: GSA Chief Confirmed After 9 Month Senate Hold-Up First Posted: 02- 4-10 04:38 PM | Updated: 02- 4-10 05:08 PM ...Earlier in 2009, Johnson was unanimously approved by members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.....
Show Me Progress - Thu 6:24 p.m. - 7 clicks
Lately, it has become fashionable among some in the media to compare the tea party movement with the anti-government wave that blew over this country in the early’ 90s and momentarily lifted Ross Perot to the top of the polls. Those who make such comparisons are missing the point and glossing over the true nature of many of those who are pushing the tea party, both on the stump and throug...
DailyKos (Missouri) - Thu 12:09 a.m. - 3 clicks
Today I introduced a Senate Concurrent Resolution urging the Missouri General Assembly to send a message to Washington, D.C., that it is time to end the outdated military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The following is the text from my floor speech. I will post the language of the concurrent resolution as soon as it is available online. This summer I had the privilege of attendi...
Jolie Justus - Tue 8:49 a.m. - 8 clicks
Locally-owned fast-casual restaurant Ingredient is now open in the old Meiners grocery store space on the Country Club Plaza. Ingredient’s first KC location is in the Power & Light District, and they also have restaurants in Leawood, Lawrence, and Columbia. www.ingredientrestaurant.com, 4807 Jefferson KCMO. ...
BlogKC - Jan 29 - 6 clicks
There was a time when mining was common practice in St. Louis. Mostly, mining was done for clay to make bricks. And back then, people probably didn't think of it as "urban mining". In those days, there wasn't much if any focus on the difference between "urban" and "suburban". Pretty much everybody lived in the City. Or on a farm. If anything, the difference was between "urban" or "rural". ...
STL Rising - Jan 28 - 6 clicks
Several Kansas Citians are representing the Midwest in a national live-tweeting of tonight’s State of the Union Address. State Senator Jolie Justus, State Representative Ryan Silvey, blogger Tom Ryan, and KC Star columnist Barb Shelly are all participating. Follow the hashtag #OPEDSOTU to see tweets all of the politicians and journalists participating in the this national [...]...
BlogKC - Jan 27 - 4 clicks
We were in Columbia this weekend, where folks gathering signatures for the earnings tax initiative petition were out in full force. It looked like Rex had hired half of the MU campus to blanket downtown Columbia with clipboards. ...
BlogKC - Jan 24 - 3 clicks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Louis, Missouri "Extreme Makeover - Riverfront Edition", a new reality show based in St. Louis, Missouri, begins production this month for airing in the spring of 2010. "Extreme Makeover - Riverfront Edition" will showcase the efforts of the National Park Service and the City of St. Louis to revitalize the historic Mississippi Riverfront, the Gateway Arch, and d...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 5 clicks
If you read some of the local St. Louis community affairs blogs, you have probably learned that Favazza's restaurant at the entrance to the Hill is proposing to demolish two buildings on its Southwest Avenue side. The purpose is to create space for an outdoor seating area. Outdoor seating is a popular amenity at lots of area restaurants. It's available at a grill and bar next to Southwest Bank ...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
Dear Design Community: Welcome to St. Louis! The magnificent Arch you will soon be studying is the cherished icon of St. Louis. It is our landmark and logo to the world. Unfortunately, it is like a precious gem placed in an inferior setting. For the past couple of years, the National Park Service has led an effort to fix that problem and reconnect the Arch, the riverfront, and downtown into o...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 6 clicks
Attorney General Chris “The Imposter” Koster swept the first major scandal of Gov. Jay Nixon’s Administration under the rug. What a team player! The scandal involved the Nixon Administration’s Department of Natural Resources’ month-long delay in releasing the results of the May monthly water quality tests taken at Lake of the Ozarks until after Memorial Day weekend, so that tourists (mostly from ...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
Here's how things look to me in the St. Louis primary election to be held a week from today: Democratic Primary All the so-called "smart money" is on St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to win renomination and reelection easily. I think the election will be closer than most people expect, but that Slay will still win. Slay enters the campaign with enormous advantages: Financing . The last repo...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) wasted some of her political capital this month defending the “card check” provision of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). That provision would have required employers to recognize a union as soon as a majority of workers signed cards saying they wanted a union, without a secret-ballot election. While supporting that provision in a conference call with Miss...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
From the press release: FOR RELEASE: January 11, 2010 Contact: Janis Cooper (314) 259-2015 Janis.Cooper@CityArchRiverCompetition.org Jury Selected for International Gateway Arch Design Competition Pre-submittal meeting set for January 13 in St. Louis Eight-Member Panel Will Determine Winning Design to Connect the Gateway Arch with the Mississippi River and the St. Louis Reg...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 5 clicks
Between Christmas and New Year's, a week you might think things would slow down in St. Louis, it has been anything but slow. There are hundreds - if not thousands - of energetic, college-age, young people all over the streets of downtown. They are walking everywhere and filling downtown restaurants and creating lines around the block, even in this freezing weather. Where do they come from and...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
I took a detour this morning to try out the new 64 and was impressed with the results. I entered the highway east bound at McCausland. McCausland had a lot of traffic and it surprised me that I was the only driver entering the highway. Everyone else continued north on McCausland toward Forest Park. The new 64 improvements will help them also as many of the highway interchanges are widened and ...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
St. Louis architect Paul Hohmann tracks St. Louis architecture, history, and construction at his blog, Vanishing St. Louis. Hohmann is currently featuring photographs of downtown taken at the time of Arch construction. The images dramatically show the moment in time where downtown, the Arch, and river were cut off from each other. It's ironic that the disconnect happened at the time the A...
STL Rising - Jan 22
With the help of an architectural student, the City of St. Louis, and a local urban planner, the Southwest Garden Neighborhood Association has established a set of recommended architectural guidelines to foster new development and existing building renovations, "The Southwest Garden Neighborhood Association's Suggested Architectural Guidelines for Exterior Facades". Washington University archi...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 5 clicks
Here's something for undecided superdelegates to consider. According to comparative polling by Rasmussen Reports in 29 states, Barack Obama runs stronger against Republican John McCain than Hillary Clinton in 21 states, while Clinton is stronger than Obama in 8 states. Missouri, though, is one of Clinton's eight. Perhaps more significantly, there are five states (Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico, Ore...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
One of St. Louis' best issues forum is now also one of her fastest. Urban St. Louis has always been filled with interesting discussions and information, but the site was so painfully slow that it was almost impossible to access. Those problems have now been solved, with all the interesting discussions continuing at the site. STL Rising will permalink Urban St. Louis on our links section. I...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
"Removing a Barrier" (a New York Times feature story) St. Louis has the same opportunity with plans to reconnect the City, Arch, and River. Highway removal is key to making it happen. Lots of other cities are considering their own highway removal options. Will Arch design competition entrants be so inspired? Removal of the I-70 depressed and elevated lanes separating downtown from the riv...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
(Note - this post has been updated with the following National Park Service press release - click on the image for a larger view): From our original post: The City of St. Louis and the National Park Service have made a joint announcement regarding the design competition for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: FOR RELEASE: December 8, 2009 Contact: Tom Bradley, Super...
STL Rising - Jan 22
It's one of the most beautiful churches in St. Louis. It's on the campus of St. Louis University. Lots of people have their weddings there; and, for the most part, a church wedding without a pipe organ is nowhere near as impressive as one accompanied by wonderful organ music. So how is it that such a wonderful church has no pipe organ? There is the place in the building that is designed to hou...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
Efforts to reconnect the Arch, the Riverfront and Downtown St. Louis begin today. The chosen method begins with an international design competition. The design competition program will lead to a plan for repositioning the way the Arch connects to the region. That plan comes with the possibility of substantial federal funding to make the project reality. Among the world's most famous landmarks, ...
STL Rising - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
The (apparently) last pre-primary survey of the Missouri governor’s race by Survey USA (released August 1) discloses an interesting non-event: In the high-visibility contest between Congressman Kenny Hulshof and State Treasurer Sarah Steelman in the Republican Primary, there is little or no difference in how the candidates perform with male and female voters. While the typical partisan gen...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
This week, State Sen. Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis), State Rep. Steve Brown (D-Clayton) and Nick Adams, a graduate student who served as Smith’s campaign treasurer in his 2004 congressional campaign, pled guilty to federal charges concerning a cover-up of their involvement in illegal (but less serious) coordination of that campaign with purported “independent expenditures” by a separate one-man committ...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22
I have been waiting for quite some time for Missouri’s presumptive Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Robin Carnahan to take a stand on an important federal issue in a timely manner. This week she finally did so. I think I liked the silence better. Ms. Carnahan issued a news release backing President Barack Obama’s decision to increase our troop levels in Afghanistan. So did Sarah Palin . It was ...
St. Louis Oracle - Jan 22 - 4 clicks
It's only the first week of session and I'm excited about the united front that many KC leaders are showing in Jefferson City. On Monday night the KC Chamber hosted a dinner where they presented their legislative priorities for 2010. There were dozens of KC business leaders in the room, but more importantly, more than half of the KC City Council members and several of the city employees were ...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22 - 5 clicks
It's only Wednesday night, but this has been one of the longest, busiest weeks I've had in Jefferson City. Here's the mid-week recap: HPV We had a hearing for my HPV bill on Tuesday morning in the Health, Mental Health, Seniors & Families Committee . The hearing went well. This is the third time I've introduced the bill. The American Cancer Society , Siteman Cancer Center and th...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
Great news for foster kids from Jefferson City Wednesday night. After a two year fight, we truly agreed to and finally passed the Foster Care Education Bill of Rights. Originally filed as SB96 , I successfully added the same language to HB154, which passed 34-0 Wednesday night and it is now headed to the Governor's desk for his signature. The Foster Care Education Bill of Rights addresses t...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
The Senate Rules Committee today heard testimony both for and against SCR 3 , a resolution calling on the Missouri General Assembly to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) . This is the third year in a row I have sponsored the resolution and I wish I could say I am surprised by the intense opposition, but not much surprises me anymore. We didn't get enough notice for the hearing to get...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
This week Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields (R - St. Joe) created the "Senate Select Committee on Oversight of Federal Stimulus Plan." Thirteen senators were appointed to the committee including three Democrats -- Victor Callahan (D - Independence), Rita Heard Days (D - St. Louis County) and me . The committee is charged with studying and analyzing strategies for securing ...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
One of the best parts about being a senator is the opportunity to hear from constituents. Whether you have an idea for a law, a concern about a Missouri agency, a question about your state government, or just want to talk politics, I look forward to hearing from you. For the last year we have met every Friday morning from 9-10 for "Coffee Break w/ Senator Justus." Unfortunately, our wonderfu...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22 - 4 clicks
It was a HUGE week in Jefferson City and I'm excited to report that many important bills made significant advances. On Tuesday I was able to add my childcare subsidy bill (SB 94) and my foster care education bill of rights (SB96) as amendments on a House bill that was before the Senate. While the foster care bill has passed the Senate twice already this year, this is the first time that t...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22 - 4 clicks
Have you ever wanted to learn more about what exactly legislators do in Jefferson City? Do you have a concern about this year's state budget? Did you ever say to yourself - there ought to be a law . . .? Starting today and continuing every Friday morning, please join me for coffee and conversation from 9-10 AM at Coffee Break - 5400 Troost Avenue. This is an informal opportunity to exchan...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
When I first got elected I was told it takes about three years to pass a bill in Jefferson City. While that's not always the case (I've passed over a dozen bills during my first two years down here), I hope the rule of thumb is true for my HPV legislation. Tuesday morning I will present SB104 to the Health, Mental Health, Seniors & Families Committee . This is the third year in a row I h...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
The Senate Judiciary committee heard testimony tonight on a child support bill introduced by Senator Jeff Smith (D - St. Louis). The bill would establish courts to handle some criminal non-support cases. Patterned after the extremely successful Jackson County Fathering Court , the law would provide an alternative to a jail sentence and felony record for the non-custodial parents who qual...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
We had a really short session today. We introduced a few bills, made a few announcements, then hit the road. I introduced four more bills and a resolution today . The most notable news, however, was a remonstrance filed by Senator Timmy Green (D - St. Louis County). SRM1 is the first remonstrance I remember being filed since I have been in the senate. Senator Green blasted the Mis...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
When I knocked on doors during my campaign for Senate in 2006, the most common concern raised on doorstep after doorstep, was the condition of the Kansas City Missouri School District. Since my election, the school district has remained in the top 5 concerns raised by my constituents. The school district is one of the most politically and emotionally charged issues I have dealt with during my...
Jolie Justus - Jan 22
Public meetings held to get opinions on Missouri River Restoration By: Mike Bell Posted: 9/8/09 UNO's Thompson Alumni Center hosted public meetings on Thursday to gather citizen input concerning the Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan. The plan, a restoration effort to repair damage to the Missouri River's ecosystems, is being developed by The U.S. Army Corps of En...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Corps beginning river review process The Bismarck Tribune By Brian Gehring A $25 million study to reevaluate how the Missouri River is managed will begin with a pair of meeting in early October. The meetings are scheduled for Fort Pierre, S.D., Oct 1 and Kansas City, Kan., Oct 8. The study is the result of legislation passed at the urging of Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. The...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Missouri River study offers opportunities Columbia Daily Tribune Saturday, September 19, 2009 Editor, the Tribune: I listened to the testimony in July between Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota regarding the need for the Section 108 study of M...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Progressive States Network reported today that the " Save Our Secret Ballot " (SOSB) coalition appears to be a project of the Heritage Foundation and the Goldwater Institute. SOSB is working to amend the state constitutions of Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada and Utah to block workers from choosing majority sign-up rules to form unions in an attempt to stop implementation of the proposed ...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
The Tribune's View River study Redundant? By Henry J. Waters III Friday, September 18, 2009 Sen. Claire McCaskill tried to remove from the proposed budget of the Army Corps of Engineers $25 million earmarked for another study of water flow in the Missouri River. She said it was unnecessary because the same study had been finished in 2004 at a cost of ...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Analysis: Mo. bans wrong plastic from rivers Sunday, August 23, 2009 By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A law that takes effect this week could make criminals out of those who bring Tupperware onto many of Missouri's rivers. Lawmakers intended to reduce floating debris and pollution from abandoned foam coolers in the state's waterways. But they confused the...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
In an effort to encourage recreation on the Missouri River, five Missouri legislators boat from Sugar Creek to Jefferson City. The representatives along for the ride are: Kate Meiners (D-Kansas City) Ed Wildberger (D-St. Joseph) Ray Salva (D-Sugar Creek) Sue Schoemehl (D-St. Louis) Michele Kratky (D-St. Louis) Click here for the story from KCTV 5. Click here for the KC Star. ...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
From the A.P. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a series of public meetings in October to take comment on its proposed operating plan for the Missouri River reservoir system. The corps will review this year's operation of the dams and reservoirs and explain next year's operating plan. The public can commen...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Corps adjusting dam releases on Missouri Sep 4 2009 10:51AM Associated Press Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers says it will be adjusting releases at Missouri River dams this month to start positioning the reservoirs for hydropower generation this winter and spring snow melt runoff next spring. Releases will be reduced from both Fort Peck and Garrison Dams t...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Oct. 8 meeting in KCK to discuss uses of Missouri River The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. | The Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled public meetings in South Dakota and Kansas to kick off a study to compare modern uses of the Missouri River with those that were authorized by the federal Flood Control Act of 1944. The first meeting will be Oct. 1 in Fort Pierre, S.D., followed by a...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
Plan may give old railway bridge a future By DAVID A. LIEB The Associated Press Posted on Sun, Aug. 16, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY | History buffs and bicyclists who have long sought to save a rusty old railroad bridge as part of a state recreation trail could have a new reason for optimism. The Missouri Department of Transportation is applying this month for $27 million in stimulus fu...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
We have decided to take Big Muddy Politics in a different direction. As you can see, our posts have been few and far between since the November elections. Many of our posters have found themselves preoccupied with the new administration, and there are a plethora of blogs that do a fine job following Missouri politics. So those of us who are left are going to focus our attention on the consta...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
Public meetings first step in Missouri River plan By Jerry Oster, WNAX, Yankton September 11, 2009 Ten public meetings were held over the past six weeks to get public input in developing what’s being called the Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration plan and environmental impact statement. Paul Johnston, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says the public meetings ...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
The Tribune's View Katy bridge Trying to save the old thing By Henry J. Waters III Saturday, September 19, 2009 The long-running fight over the Katy railroad bridge spanning the Missouri River at Boonville has taken a new turn. The historic apparatus is abandoned, and its owner, Union Pacific, wants to move the steel to ex...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
From the National Institute on Money In State Politics: Missouri's state-level campaign finance data for the 2008 election cycle is now complete at FollowTheMoney.org . Did you know: In 2008, candidates, political parties and ballot measure committees raised $107.7 million, compared to the $101.4 they raised in 2004. Senate candidates nearly doubled the average raised between 2004 and 200...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
The Missouri Inaugural is January 12 . MEMO TO: All Statewide Elected Officials United States Senators Members of Congress Justices of the Supreme Court State Senators State Representatives FROM: 2009 Missouri Inaugural Team DATE: December 2, 2008 SUBJECT: Inaugural Schedule and Invitations 2009 Inaugural Schedule Below is a tentative schedule for 2009 inaugural activities. Times are su...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
AP article from the Chicago Tribune : DAKOTA CITY, Neb. - Tyson Fresh Meats will pay more than $2 million as part of a settlement over past pollution in the Missouri River near Tyson's Dakota City, Neb. beef processing plant. The Springdale, Ark., company and U.S. officials announced the $2,026,500 settlement on Thursday. Prosecutors say that the Tyson pla...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Controversy flows with riverways management plan Sunday, August 16, 2009, 6:00 PM By Brent Martin Missouri News State conservation commissioners have been given an example of how controversial proposed changes to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways can be. They have been controversial during five open houses held by federal officials and they have been controversial in more than one thousa...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Summer hatch dips for 2 endangered birds Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Reproduction of 2 endangered birds on the Missouri River system took a dive this summer. The Army Corps of Engineers is required to provide nesting habitat for piping plovers (PLOH'-vers) and least terns. It monitors their populations and nesting success. Some shoreline habitat vanished when Lakes Oahe and...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
No not our Peter Kinder, but former Missourian and current Nevada Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki . Krolicki was indicted for misusing state funds as state treasurer from 1999 to 2007. From the AP : A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki on charges of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar college savings program when he was state treasurer. The indictments don't allege any mone...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
Conservative KY3 TV reporter Dave Catanese blogged yesterday about the possible match up between Sarah Steelman and Roy Blunt in the Republican Primary for U. S. Senate. In his post he said, "This signal from the Steelman brigades likely sets up a Republican primary showdown between two infamous Missouri political families, The Steelmans and The Blunts" Big Muddy wonders if Catanese has f...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
From the Marshall Democrat-News: Skelton takes '3-hour tour' of Missouri River on Coast Guard Cutter Cheyenne Friday, August 14, 2009 By SYDNEY STONNER/Staff writer Did you know that Missouri is part of the U.S. Coast Guard's eighth district? If the answer is "no," you're probably not alone, but U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, ...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Democrats are slated to announce Brian Zuzenak as the new executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party. The announcement should come this evening at the Dems annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner in St. Louis. Zuzenak was most recently campaign manager for 9th CD candidate Judy Baker. Zuzenak also spent several years working in Tennessee Democrartic politics and was the 2002 Missouri House Dem...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
Governor-Elect Jay Nixon hasn't even taken office yet and Republicans are already throwing mud. Senate Republican leadership has informed Nixon's team that his cabinet appointments cannot start work until they are confirmed by the Senate. No "Acting Director", no "Interim Director", nada. Looks like the law is on the Senate Republican's side, but Big Muddy can't remember any precedent for this an...
Big Muddy Politics - Jan 22
