Missouri lawmakers in both parties were surprised to learn Wednesday that absentee ballots cast by voters who later died should NOT have counted, under current state law. The issue came up numerous times during a Missouri House elections committee hearing on Wednesday. Carrollton GOP State Representative Peggy McGaugh and her colleagues in both parties […]
Legislation to eliminate Missouri’s presidential preference primary has been heard in a House committee in Jefferson City. The bill is sponsored by State Representative Peggy McGaugh of northwest Missouri’s Carrollton, who says it would save state taxpayers nine-million dollars. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft supports McGaugh’s proposal. Missouri has used the presidential preference […]
Missouri could catch up by the end of the next state budget year on its outstanding debt owed to counties for jail reimbursements. For years, the state has been behind in paying counties and the city of St. Louis for a portion of a defendant’s entire local jail stay if the individual ends up going […]
Legislation has been filed this session that would move some local races and issues, such as fire department and tax increase proposals, from April to later in the year. During a Missouri House Budget Committee hearing this week, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he has not taken a position on the idea. However, he […]
America’s first female county clerk has been inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. A bronze bust of Annie White Baxter of southwest Missouri’s Carthage joins 47 others in the esteemed hall already showcasing journalist Walter Cronkite, radio host Rush Limbaugh, and the 33rd U.S. President – Harry Truman. They line the third floor of […]
Republican Peggy McGaugh will be the next State Representative to serve Carroll, Ray, and Chariton counties. Mrs. McGaugh won a special election vote Tuesday against Democrat Ethan Perkinson. McGaugh will fill the remainder of the term that her son Joe Don McGaugh vacated when he was named Associate Circuit Court Judge for Carroll County. Out […]
Voters in three area counties are electing a state representative to fill a vacancy in the Missouri House of Representatives. The 39th house district includes the counties of Carroll, Chariton, and Ray with voting continuing until the polls close at 7 o’clock tonight. Candidates are Republican Peggy McGaugh and Democrat Ethan Perkinson. The winner will […]
