Taxpayers have been billed nearly $400,000 by the special prosecutor in a perjury investigation involving the St. Louis prosecutor’s office, and nearly half of that amount was used in court fights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained records showing that a ...

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Taxpayers have been billed nearly $400,000 by the special prosecutor in a perjury investigation involving the St. Louis prosecutor’s office, and nearly half of that amount was used in court fights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained records showing that a ...

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UPDATED A St. Louis grand jury has indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015, the city circuit attorney's office said Thursday.

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Raymond Stanford has followed Illinois politics for decades, studying newspapers and watching television news. Even so, he doesn’t recognize the state’s new governor. “I don’t know nothing about Pat Quinn,” said Stanford, 48. “Who is he? All I know is ...

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You all know that we have a new governor in office. His name is Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon. He has said that he wants to reinstate Medicaid and all of its benefits for senior citizens, the disabled people and the ...

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Rod Blagojevich, the 40th governor of Illinois and the subject of federal corruption charges including the attempted sale of President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat, was convicted of abuse of power by state legislators. He is to be removed from office. The Illinois senate voted to convict Blagojevich on one article of impeachment. A two-thirds vote was required. In a speech before the senate at the state capitol in Springfield, Blagojevich said Thursday he never "intended to violate any law" and that his conviction on unproven charges would set a "dangerous precedent."

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Former U.S. Representative and Republican candidate for governor Kenny Hulshof will join the newly merged Polsinelli Shughart firm on Feb. 1, the firm said late Tuesday. Hulshof, who had represented Missouri’s 9th Congressional District since 1997, will be a shareholder ...

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Gov. Jay Nixon came out against a legislative proposal allowing the state’s public defender commission to establish a maximum case threshold. In his first news conference since he was sworn in as Missouri’s governor, Nixon spoke negatively of a provision ...

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By Karen Gullo and Joe Carroll U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wants to release tape recordings of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich discussing campaign contributions with a lobbyist to a panel of state lawmakers considering his impeachment. Four intercepted calls from Fitzgerald’s ...

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At an early November rally before a parking lot full of bright-eyed canvassers, Chris Koster stands shoulder to shoulder with Jay Nixon and addresses the crowd. “My job is to fly under Jay’s wing,” he said, his voice booming over ...

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