The Associated Press is reporting that Scott Eckersley is officially running for Congress as a Democrat.

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The Missouri Senate adjourned early Tuesday to play golf. And the House's top Republican is teed off by the move.

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Missouri Senators voted 33-1 to use $6.7 million in federal stimulus funds to plug various holes in the state's judiciary budget. Earlier this year, the House passed a bill for next fiscal year's budget that includes about $187.1 million for the state's judiciary system. That's about a $2.7 million cut from the current fiscal year. The lone senator to vote against the budget bill funding the judiciary system was Sen. Jim Lembke (pictured), R-St. Louis County. He said he voted against every budget bill that he thought "spent too much money."

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Missouri’s Second Injury Fund, a program to compensate previously injured people who incur new injuries on the job, didn’t get much attention during last year’s contentious election season. But that’s likely to change soon. Missouri Department of Labor Director Todd ...

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