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Politics
4:48 pm
Wed January 23, 2013

Legislators question state's purchase of $5.6M airplane

Jay Nixon
Credit File Photo / KBIA
Governor Jay Nixon

Some Republicans in the State Senate are expressing outrage that the Missouri Highway Patrol spent more than $5.5 million on a new airplane that could be used by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon and other elected state officials. 

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Politics
8:14 am
Tue January 22, 2013

GM fish and meat would be labeled, under proposed Senate bill

Credit Kathleen Masterson / Harvest Public Media

All genetically modified meat and fish raised and sold in Missouri would have to be labeled as such, under legislation filed in the State Senate.  It’s sponsored by Democrat Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis. 

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Politics
5:21 pm
Tue June 19, 2012

Mo. Supreme Court: Nasheed, Taylor to stay on Democratic primary ballots

Originally published on Tue June 19, 2012 4:40 pm

Updated 4:34 p.m. with comments from Rep. Sylvester Taylor. 

Usually, the residency requirement for political candidates is just another box to check, but two cases involving St. Louis-area office-seekers have not been so clearly defined - until today.

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Politics
5:11 pm
Wed January 11, 2012

Mo. House panel endorses spending limit proposal

Credit Marshall Griffin / St. Louis Public Radio

A Missouri House committee has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would place caps on all state spending. 

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