Republican moderates could doom Kris Kobach's bid for Kansas secretary of state. If they do, a big reason will be the work on immigration issues that has brought national attention to Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor.

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Missouri Municipal League, et al. v. Carnahan, et al. (Case No. WD71224 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where opponents of ballot initiatives to amend Missouri’s eminent domain provisions challenged fiscal notes and summaries statements ...

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Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan filed a lawsuit against investment firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. to force the company to repay investors who lost more than $180 million in the auction-rate securities market. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Franklin ...

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Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan told Stifel Nicolaus Inc. to increase its buyback of auction-rate securities so investors can sell their holdings and recover more money. Stifel’s brokerage unit said Feb. 11 it intends to buy back about $40 ...

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It can be difficult for Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s office to produce ballot summary language that pleases everybody. Take, for example, a measure aimed at curtailing state funding of stem cell research. A St. Louis-based group called Missouri Roundtable ...

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Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced Tuesday that she will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. Last month, Bond declared that he would not seek re-election in 2010. Carnahan made her announcement in ...

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As the possibility of legislative gridlock looms at the state Capitol, interest groups and organizations are gearing up to circumvent inaction by trying to place hot-button issues on the ballot. Last year’s election cycle provided for some structural impediments for ...

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Missouri Citizens for Property Rights has received the go-ahead from Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to begin circulating petitions for amendments that would eliminate the use of eminent domain for private development. Centene Corp. lost its bid to have the city of Clayton use eminent domain so that the company could build a headquarters. The state Supreme Court said the blight designation was improper. The firm decided to build its headquarters in St. Louis City instead.

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