Related: FiredUp Missouri: “Which of the following comes closest to your view of Sen. Chris Koster’s decision…” Daily Kos: “Missouri Republican Senator Switches Parties -Runs for AG” CDT Blog: “They call him the “Shockmaster” CDT Blog: “Koster to make “major” announcement in Columbia”

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The Missouri Political News Service tipline has been buzzing with a strange rumor lately. Readers, whom we assume are political insiders, have been asking us if prominent African American Republican attorney Jerry Hunter, “secretly runs MOPNS.” Hunter, a partner with powerhouse law firm Bryan Cave in St. Louis, is a confidante to both Governor Blunt [...]

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Looks like Speaker Jetton has more ethics issues: Did Jetton send this out to the entire caucus? Can he sign items as Speaker when it is for his personal business? Didn’t Griffin get in trouble for signing legal documents as Speaker? From: Rod Jetton [mailto:rodjetton@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:50 PM To: XXX Subject: [...]

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Well, you can’t get them all right. According to this email we received from the tipline,  former House Speaker Pro Tem Bearden is starting a lobbying career instead of heading to the Show Me Institute. Scooter Carl Bearden and Keith Kirk announced in St. Louis just a few minutes ago that they are joining a [...]

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A source close to the Missouri Development Finance Board has confirmed to the Missouri Political News Service, that the St. Louis Cardinal’s “Ball Park Village” proposal, will get final approval at the Board’s July 17th meeting. “The passage of this proposal is a done deal. All that’s left now is the formalities,” said our source. [...]

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Told ya so. For immediate release Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri Ronnie White, a former Chief Justice of the Court, is retiring from the bench and joining as a partner in the newly named law firm of Holloran, White & Schwartz LLP. Partner James Holloran said, “It is a tremendous coup for us [...]

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