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St. Louis attorney Ed Martin has announced that he will challenge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill for the U.S. Senate in 2012.
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Read More »Martin cites “first-time” candidacy for financial report delay
Republican congressional candidate Ed Martin is citing his first-time candidacy for a delay in filing his personal financial reports.
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Read More »Ed Martin announces his run for Congress
Ed Martin, St. Louis attorney and former chief of staff to ex-Gov, Matt Blunt, announced on Wednesday that he is running for Congress. Martin is taking on Democrat Russ Carnahan, who is seeking his fourth term in November 2010 to represent the 3rd Congressional District. As Blunt's chief of staff, Martin led coordinated efforts by the governor's office to call for reform of the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, according to e-mails obtained by Missouri Lawyers Media. Among the changes touted were bringing more openness to the selection process.
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Read More »Martin to challenge Carnahan in 2010
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 ...
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Read More »State settles Eckersley lawsuit for $500,000
Ending a legal battle that already cost taxpayers more than $1 million in legal fees, the state agreed to pay a former attorney for Gov. Matt Blunt $500,000 to settle a lawsuit. Former deputy general counsel Scott Eckersley contended he ...
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Read More »Eckersley lawsuit settles for $500,000
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 (pictured) had sued after he was fired in late September 2007. He claimed he was dismissed after raising concerns that Blunt's staff was not properly preserving e-mails in compliance with state record-retention and open-records laws.
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Read More »Eckersley lawsuit settles for $500,000
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 ...
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Read More »Stem cell order sparks debate
President Barack Obama’s decision to lift funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research sparked a war of words between opposing sides of a proposal targeting state funding for the practice. Before Obama signed an executive order on Monday, federal funds ...
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Read More »E-mails: Federalist members involved at state, national level
The Federalist Society insists it takes no stand on policy issues and simply wants to foster debate. But a host of e-mails to and from staff in former Gov. Matt Blunt’s office shows key members of the conservative lawyers’ group ...
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Read More »Blunt’s office led Court Plan opposition
Public criticism of the state's system for selecting judges was orchestrated from former Gov. Matt Blunt's office, a review of e-mails shows. Missouri Lawyers Weekly reviewed several hundred pages of e-mail communications to and from members of the governor's office provided under a Sunshine Law request. The e-mails reveal a coordinated effort by Blunt's office, particularly Ed Martin, his former chief of staff, to disparage the court plan and call for change.
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Read More »E-mails show Eckersley part of high court selection process
The e-mails obtained by Missouri Lawyers Weekly from former Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration do more than lay out the internal debate over the selection of state Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge. Some of the e-mails also make clear the involvement ...
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