Missouri Politics

Something for the “occupy” crowds to think about. How many offspring of the 99% get their marijuana drug possession charges thrown out for “lack of evidence?” But a Columbia police spokeswoman said, when Will Nixon saw police, he tried to “get rid” of the marijuana by throwing it on the ground. Hmmm, sounds like pretty good evidence to us! No surprise here that Koster is involved in something shady! Here’s an excerpt from a MOGOP press release: According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch...Read Full Story

Attorney General Chris Koster's (D) next election may be three years away, but in 2009 he pulled in money at the same rate as some of the current state auditor candidates fundraising for the election later this year. According to reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission , Koster raised a total of $269,213 in 2009. A quarter of that total, $68,000, came from political committees including the state Democratic Party , Microsoft, Central Bancompany, and an old reliable source, the...Read Full Story

State Sen. Chris Koster accepted 90 percent of the donations to his campaign over the last 28 days from political committees. Koster, a candidate for Attorney General, has come under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike for his use and potentially illegal abuse of political funds to funnel contributions to his campaign warchest. MPN's analysis of campaign finance reports from the Missouri Ethics Commission show that since the beginning of 2007, 75 percent of Koster's funds for the...Read Full Story

In the 1996 comedy Blacksheep Chris Farley plays a character who plagues his brother's gubernatorial campaign with problem with after problem. A black sheep by definition is " a disfavored or disreputable member of a group", according to Merriam Webster's dictionar y. Here in Missouri, the brother of at least one statewide candidate may now be just that. Matt Koster, a brother of State Sen. Chris Koster, serves as a principal at Bush O'Donnell in St. Louis . That firm is led by Bucky Bush...Read Full Story

The latest stories covering Missouri's economy and state politics. Campaign Finance Reports: MPN's full analysis of candidate reports here. Gubernatorial Election MPN: Hulshof website logs most visits in June among gubernatorial candidates AP: Health care fades as issue in Mo. gov's primary MPN: WSJ on Steelman: 'Beware to the reformer' MPN: Attack ads on Steelman funded by Blunt backer; A4BA committee terminated Post-Dispatch: Ad wars continue: Hulshof strikes back on ethanol Post-Dispatch...Read Full Story