Tag Archive | "Matt Blunt"
Fired state contractor wins $152,000
A Cole County circuit judge has awarded a former state contractor almost $152,000 after the state canceled his contract for using illegal workers. K. Asamoah-Boadu, an African native and U.S. citizen, sued the state in 2007. In March of that year, former Gov. Matt Blunt barred Asamoah-Boadu’s company, Sam’s Janitorial Service, from doing business with [...]
Continue reading...Martin to challenge Carnahan in 2010
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Ed Martin, St. Louis attorney and chief of staff to ex-Gov. Matt Blunt, announced Wednesday that he is running for Congress. A Republican, Martin is running in the 3rd Congressional District, currently represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan, who is seeking his fourth term in November 2010. The district includes parts of St. Louis City, St. [...]
Continue reading...Eckersley lawsuit settles for $500,000
Friday, May 22, 2009
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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has issued a statement confirming a $500,000 settlement in a lawsuit against former Gov. Matt Blunt and four of his staff members. Former staff attorney Scott Eckersley had sued after he was fired in late September 2007. He claimed he was dismissed after raising concerns that Blunt’s staff was not [...]
Continue reading...Eckersley settlement reported
Friday, May 22, 2009
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If you want to bury some news, conventional wisdom in politics says release it on the Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. And so comes the Associated Press report this morning that there will be a settlement this afternoon in the Scott Eckersley wrongful termination and defamation case against former Gov. Matt Blunt. More as [...]
Continue reading...Ex-GOP director joining Gibbs Pool and Turner
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Jared Craighead, the former executive director of the Missouri Republican Party, is joining Jefferson City firm Gibbs Pool and Turner as a partner. Craighead will contribute to the five-attorney business firm’s practice areas and will also offer government relations, campaign compliance and campaign consulting services. Craighead, who had been a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., started [...]
Continue reading...Supreme Court issues work comp decision
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Almost 15 months after it heard arguments in the case, the Missouri Supreme Court has issued a splintered decision in a constitutional challenge to the Legislature’s reform of workers’ compensation. The lawsuit, argued in November 2007, presented a series of challenges to the 2005 reform, which was among the major accomplishments of then-newly elected Gov. [...]
Continue reading...Assistant U.S. attorney Joel May picked for judgeship
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Joel May will be Gov. Matt Blunt’s final judicial appointment. Blunt, who leaves office on Monday, selected May, an assistant U.S. attorney, for the Jackson County Circuit bench late Tuesday afternoon, according to Rod Chapel, who was also on the panel. May, 39, will replace Judge Kelly Moorhouse, who died in October. In addition to [...]
Continue reading...Blunt appointees to judicial commissions are GOP donors
Friday, January 2, 2009
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The three people Gov. Matt Blunt is appointing to help nominate judges for either the state’s appellate courts or the Greene County Circuit Court have at least one thing in common – they’ve all donated to Republican candidates. Blunt today announced he’s appointing John T. Gentry, of Springfield, to the Appellate Judicial Commission. Gentry is [...]
Continue reading...Blunt makes picks for judicial commissions
Friday, January 2, 2009
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Gov. Matt Blunt’s relationship with the Nonpartisan Court Plan has always been combative, but with several appointments on Friday he ensured an influence on the process for the next few years. Blunt appointed John T. Gentry of Springfield as the Southern District lay member of the Appellate Judicial Commission, which chooses panels of nominees from [...]
Continue reading...Blunt to appoint Miller to 8th Circuit
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Gov. Matt Blunt said Thursday he intends to appoint David H. Miller as Circuit Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Miller replaces Werner Moentmann who has resigned. Miller, 61, of Richmond, has served in the state’s public defender office as a district public defender since 1989. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration and [...]
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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