chris koster

Koster wants to track ex-Mamtek CEO with GPS

Person: Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:24:57 +0000

Missouri prosecutors want a judge to let them keep closer tabs on the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Koster has more than $400,000 ready for gubernatorial race

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:37:03 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has more than $400,000 in the bank as he makes plans for a 2016 gubernatorial race.

Koster filed a quarterly finance report Monday indicating he had $419,348 in his account as of the end of March. The Democratic attorney general confirmed last week that he is "making the necessary preparations" to run for governor.

Koster requests clarification regarding contraception law

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:09:47 +0000

Attorney General Chris Koster wants a federal judge to clarify a recent ruling that struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control insurance coverage.

Mo. House speaker urges birth control appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:53:20 +0000

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones wants the attorney general to appeal a judge's ruling striking down the state's contraception insurance exemption for people with moral objections.

Koster plans task force on urban violence

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:03:49 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster plans to create a new task force to focus on urban violence. The attorney general's office says the panel could start work in late spring with meetings in Kansas City and St. Louis.

Koster, a Democrat, won a second term this past November. During his re-election campaign, he said he was considering task forces to focus on urban crime and to evaluate the annual report on law enforcement traffic stops.

Koster wants flag desecration law reinstated

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:08:00 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate Missouri's law prohibiting desecration of the American flag, a law struck down by a federal judge last year.

Appeals court agrees with decision to throw out George Allen murder conviction

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:23:50 +0000

A Missouri appeals court has refused to overturn an order that freed a St. Louis man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1982 slaying of a St. Louis woman.

Nixon had $414,000 left over from campaign

Associated Press — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:54:43 +0000

Governor Jay Nixon spent $15.5 million on his re-election campaign and still has hundreds of thousands of dollars left over.

Attorney general candidate Ed Martin lays out his to-do list [video]

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:21:55 +0000

Missouri attorney general candidate Ed Martin recently joined us in studio for a conversation with KBIA’s Janet Saidi. Martin is the Republican nominee challenging current state Attorney General Chris Koster, the Democrat incumbent. The job description, as described by the Associated Press, includes: defending the state’s laws and policies in court, assisting county prosecutors, investigating consumer fraud cases and looking into violations of the state’s open meetings and records laws.

Fundraising criticized in Mo. AG race

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:56:11 +0000

Republican Missouri attorney general candidate Ed Martin is criticizing a campaign contribution received by Democratic incumbent Chris Koster.