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 ...
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Read More »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 »Some lawyers questioning authority for terminations
Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday framed cuts his administration made among the state's administrative law judges as a continuation of the policies of previous Gov. Matt Blunt. "They're not Article V judges," Nixon said. "In the last administration they lessened the number of folks in that department already. We felt that continuing to lean that up was appropriate with the budget challenges we face. I'm confident that the remaining commissioners will be able to handle the workload."
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Read More »The state has laid off four administrative law judges, and declined to fill a fifth vacancy, in what workers’ compensation lawyers say may be an unprecedented move. Peter Lyskowski, acting director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, confirmed Wednesday that ...
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Read More »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 »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 »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 »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 ...
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Read More »Former Gov. Matt Blunt is joining The Ashcroft Group, the lobbying firm founded by John Ashcroft, the first U.S. attorney general in the George W. Bush administration. The firm also announced the addition of Michael Sullivan, former acting director of ...
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Read More »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 ...
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Read More »The Kansas City Star on Friday reported that the Missouri General Assembly will very likely do nothing with the various ethics reform bills currently generating dust on the shelves of the twin-headed hydra in Jefferson City. Apparently only five of ...
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