At a press conference today in Jefferson City, House Speaker Ron Richard stood next to a door as he successor - House Majority Leader Steve Tilley, R-Perryville - answered questions.

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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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The House Rules Committee stymied efforts to alter the state's ethics regulations earlier this month. So House Democrats decided to use procedure to change its course.

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The House Rules Committee stymied efforts to alter the state's ethics regulations earlier this month. So House Democrats decided to use procedure to change its course.

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JMARK Business Solutions Inc. in Springfield recently promoted St. Charles native Brad Prost to sales manager. Prost, formerly an account manager, started working for JMARK in April 2008. The sales manager is responsible for managing four account managers and one ...

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The Missouri Senate tackled alterations to the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan for the first time last year. But after the measure failed to come to a vote in the Senate, legislative prospects are dim this year for changing the system ...

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A couple graduates of the St. Louis Circuit Court’s drug court program are gearing up to share their stories with a wider audience next month. Presiding Judge David Dowd reports that House Speaker Ron Richard invited two people who just ...

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State Rep. Bryan Stevenson might have removed the biggest obstacle in the way of legislation meant to relieve the caseload crunch for the state's public defender system: himself. Stevenson, a Webb City Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, made the somewhat unusual move of asking for Sen. Jack Goodman's legislation to be sent away from his committee. The legislation was re-directed to the House General Laws Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Tim Jones, R-Eureka (pictured left).

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The seemingly routine procedure of referring a bill to committee could have a sizable impact on the fate of legislation altering the state’s public defender system. Most notably, Sen. Jack Goodman’s bill codifies an administrative rule allowing the Public Defender ...

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