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An audit highlighting management failures at the St. Louis Police Department, released Tuesday, also spurred calls for returning control of the state-run agency to the city.

After 18 months of turmoil and criticism, a state audit of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department found the police force was poorly run and needs to tighten its financial controls.

In a development suggesting medical malpractice reform may help alleviate doctor shortages, a package of reforms in Missouri signed in 2005 by then-governor Matt Blunt to curb junk medical lawsuits has created an environment more appealing to physicians.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is appealing a judge's ruling that blocked a proposed hog farm from locating near the historic village of Arrow Rock in central Missouri.

Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:02 a.m. The mother of condemned Missouri inmate Reginald Clemons will be among the speakers at a panel discussion in St.

Ed Martin, the former chief of staff to Gov. Matt Blunt who resigned in the wake of an e-mail retention controversy, has injected himself into the turmoil in Gov.

Monday, October 19, 2009 at 5:58 p.m. Cole County Judge Richard Callahan this morning heard evidence and arguments in a civil suit brought by a man barred from doing business with the state for employing illegal workers.

As a Liberty Leader at the Illinois Policy Institute, I made the trip to Springfield, IL on Wednesday, October 14 with other Liberty Leaders and Institute personnel to hear former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt address government transparency.

Gov. Jay Nixon fired a longtime aide and reinstated Missouri's environmental chief Friday while announcing that an investigation revealed repeated state failures to protect the public from contaminated waterways.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. JEFFERSON CITY -- The governor is at the focus of a change in a Capital City tradition.

A Missouri senator leading a review of the delayed release of E. coli results says there has been an "organized cover-up" and an outside investigation might be necessary.

The Associated Press wrote in a Sept. 20 story that Gov. Jay Nixon may be appointing false Republicans to partisan seats on state boards and commissions, but that doesn't seem to be the case among Missouri State's Board of Governors.

Rusted metal sheets are scattered throughout the upper floors of Benton-Stadler Hall, adding extra clutter to the peculiar warehouse aesthetic of the science building.A Unused water and gas pipes make their home in classrooms, creating potentially explosive situations.A A renovation is desperately needed.A A This renovation has been a goal at the ...

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster signed a letter this week clearing a former government attorney of allegations of wrongdoing made against him by the administration of former Gov.

Now is the time for Gov. Jay Nixon to sign on to the Midwest Governors Association's Climate and Energy Platform.

States have already shown that curbing junk lawsuits can cut costs, create jobs and increase the quality of care available to patients.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Tuesday issued a letter defending the reputation of former governor's office attorney Scott Eckersley, who had claimed he was wrongfully terminated and defamed by Gov.

Kelley Martin contributed $1,400 to Jay Nixon's Democratic gubernatorial campaign.

After four years of Matt Blunt , Democrats were anxious for a return of control of the governora s mansion.

House Democrats turned back an attempt Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a bill adding accountability measures for public money and giving lawmakers keys to the Capitol dome.