The Jackson County prosecutor will take over an invasion of privacy investigation against Governor Greitens. Last week, Gardner dismissed the charge against Greitens and said she planned to ask for a special prosecutor to handle the case. In a press release today, Gardner says the court has granted her request for one. She […]
A battle over Governor Eric Greitens use of private attorneys to represent his office for possible impeachment proceedings has developed. Attorney General Josh Hawley addressed a letter to state Auditor Nicole Galloway Friday stating that the Office of Governor lacks authority to retain private impeachment counsel. He also said the attorneys claiming to […]
The Missouri Legislature has endorsed a massive agriculture bill that would include putting restrictions on the way imitation meat products can be marketed. During House debate, Olivette Democrat Tracy McCreery and Martinsburg Republican Jay Houghton had a lengthy exchange about making manufacturers use different labeling if their meat does not come from a cow, turkey, […]
The Missouri House has given final approval to a 28-billion dollar state operating budget that includes what supporters say is record funding for the K-12 education foundation formula. Hermann GOP State Representative Justin Alferman notes the budget includes a 98-million dollar increase for the formula. While Alferman emphasized several times on Wednesday that […]
A bill passed by the Missouri Senate would largely discard the state’s merit system of employment for state workers, meaning they could be fired at any time. The measure was sponsored by Republican Senator Mike Kehoe of Jefferson City, who has roughly 14,000 state workers in his district. He says the top complaint he hears […]
A couple north Missouri residents filed for district offices on Tuesday, which was the final day to become candidates for the August Primary election. It took until the final day but there’s now a race for Third District State Representative serving area counties of Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, and part of Adair. Joni Perry of Kirksville […]
Governor Eric Greitens legal team has received evidence being used against it and has questions about the prosecution’s procedures. Bill Wise from Missourinet reports. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner met defense lawyers for Governor Eric Greitens in court to turn over the first round of evidence Tuesday. KMOV-TV reports the evidence includes […]
Candidate filings began Tuesday for multi-county districts in this area. A 7th district state representative race is shaping up between Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe and Democrat Dennis VanDyke of Marceline. Both have to be nominated by their parties in the August primary election. After the first day of filings, Republican Danny Busick of Newtown […]
More district-level candidates have filed for the August Primary election. Henry Robert Martin of Kansas City and Winston Apple of Independence have filed as Democrats for Sixth District U. S. Representative. Republican Sam Graves of Tarkio filed for re-election for the Representative position. Republican Dan Hegeman of Cosby filed for reelection for 12th District State […]
More than eight pieces of gun legislation were discussed in one House committee hearing yesterday in Jefferson City. Republican Representative Jared Taylor of Nixa said his bill that would prohibit cities from regulating the open carry of firearms was a response to Kansa City Police forcing individuals to empty their guns of ammunition. Democratic committee […]
Missouri lawmakers are looking at a proposal to establish youth violence as a public health epidemic. The measure also calls on the General Assembly to support the creation of statewide education for trauma. Sara Baker with the ACLU of Missouri says the education system has failed to accommodate students afflicted with trauma. The […]
Dennis Van Dyke of Marceline recently announced his plans to run on the Democratic ticket for Seventh District State Representative next year. Van Dyke stopped by the KTTN studios to introduce himself, and while here, we sat down with him and asked him why he decided to run for State Representative, what his focus would be if […]
The newly elected Democratic State Party Chairman will visit Trenton next week. Stephen Webber will speak and listen to concerns of area citizens at the Elks Lodge the evening of June 1st at 6:30. Webber previously served in the Marine Corps, as an Aide to U. S. Senator Clair McCaskill in Washington, D. C., and […]
This could be considered “nomination” day. Candidates in the primary election are nominated by their respective parties to run in November’s general election. Ballots to choose from represent the Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, and Constitution parties. With just one county race and one for state representative, Grundy County has fewer absentee ballots to count that it did in the last […]
Daviess County Farm Bureau hosts a “Meet The Candidate” forum Tuesday night June 28th for the four candidates for First District Associate County Commissioner. David Holcomb, David Cox, Mark Dillon Leeper, and Andrew Adkison are seeking the position currently held by Cox. Each of those candidates is a Republican running in the August primary election. […]
The candidate filing period has ended for county, district, and statewide offices subject to the August primary election. Information on the Secretary of States’ website shows there are nine candidates for Sixth District Congressman. The list includes five Democrats, three of whom filed yesterday. The most recent filings were by David Blackwell of Smithville, Kyle Yarber […]
Grundy Countians favored Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries Tuesday. The nearly 39 percent voter turnout was far greater than previous presidential primaries for Grundy County in 2012 and 2008. Among 491 Democrat votes, Bernie Sanders received 262 and Hillary Clinton had 219. (Sanders was favored 53.4% to Mrs. […]
