Budget has money for Mizzou Springfield clinic

JEFFERSON CITY — The University of Missouri will receive millions in funding for a Springfield clinic for medical students, under the state budget passed Thursday...

How much clout does Missouri’s congressional delegation have?

Missouri’s congressional delegation ranks 30th in terms of its clout, according to an analysis by Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper.

The paper used a formula...

Fresh off re-election, McCaskill raised almost a quarter-million in 1st quarter

Sen. Claire McCaskill raised about $250,000 in the first three months of 2013, her latest campaign finance filings show.

And McCaskill’s campaign is still...

House speaker proposes new committee for dissenters

JEFFERSON CITY It does not yet have a name, but for now it’s probably fair to call it the Disagreement Committee.

Monday night, while talking to...

McCaskill’s star witnesses at first hearing: two empty chairs

At a Wednesday hearing, Sen. Claire McCaskill will use two empty witness chairs to highlight alleged malfeasance in the medical equipment industry.

McCaskill, D-Mo., is set...

McCaskill says immigration reform proposal seems “balanced”

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., offered careful praise for a sweeping immigration bill unveiled Thursday by the so-called “Gang of Eight,” a bipartisan group of senators...