State Treasurer Clint Zweifel elevated his legal adviser today to the state’s deputy treasurer. Zweifel tapped Angie Heffner Robyn to be deputy treasurer, replacing Mark Mathers. In a press release, Zweifel’s office said that Mathers resigned today to “seek other ...

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne is launching a Jefferson City office next week with the recruitment of attorney Joseph Bednar, former chief legal counsel to the late Gov. Mel Carnahan. Bednar, who also was special counsel to former Gov. Bob ...

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Attorney General Jay Nixon was essentially running for governor the past three years. It took less than 30 minutes after the polls closed to find out he had won. Nixon, a Jefferson County native who lives in Jefferson City, won ...

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As only one of three judicial appointees during the brief tenure of former Gov. Roger Wilson, Jackson County Circuit Judge Michael Manners is an answer to a difficult trivia question. That apparently was a good selection by Wilson, who served ...

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Gov. Jay Nixon and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder would seem to be on a collision course of political conflict. Last November, Democrats won four of the five statewide offices up for election. The only one they missed was the lieutenant ...

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Missouri’s campaign finance system, which imposes no limits on the size of contributions, isn’t likely to face much of a threat from pro-limit supporters during this year’s new legislative session. After a faulty attempt in 2006, Republican opponents succeeded last ...

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While many of the state’s court staff might have hoped to have the day off for Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s swearing-in, only those lucky enough to be working in Jefferson City are not in their offices today. It has been fairly ...

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