Jane Cunningham

Political Heavyweights Cunningham, McNary Clash In Race For... Monarch Fire Board?

Chris McDaniel — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:30:00 +0000

On Tuesday, two political heavyweights will go head to head after a hard-fought campaign in which tens of thousands of dollars have been spent. The office they’re attacking each other over? A seat on the Monarch Fire Protection District Board in West St. Louis County.

Exit interview: Jane Cunningham on where she's been, and what's next

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:35:00 +0000

A long-time St. Louis County lawmaker is leaving office this year because her Senate district was moved to the Kansas City area. Republican Jane Cunningham of Chesterfield has spent eight years in the Missouri House and four in the Senate, making a name for herself as an outspoken social conservative.

During her last visit to the Capitol as an elected official last week, she sat down with St.

Mo. Senator taken to hospital from Capitol

Marshall Griffin and The Associated Press — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:51:32 +0000

Updated 5-17-2012, 2:31 p.m.

Missouri Senator Jane Cunningham (R, Chesterfield) has been released from a Jefferson City hospital and is resting at her Capital-area residence.

Teachers would have to work longer to get tenure under legislation approved by Mo. Senate

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:35:53 +0000

The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation that would double the amount of time required for public school teachers to earn tenure.

Currently, a teacher has to work in the same school district for five years to earn tenure. The bill sponsored by State Senator Jane Cunningham (R, Chesterfield) would expand that requirement to 10 years.

“As long as the teacher does not own their job, if you will, then they’re going to be really working to prove (themselves) and do a good job," Cunningham said. "It gives us five more years of encouraging and giving motivation to teachers to really produce.”

Morning headlines: Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Julie Bierach, Marshall Griffin and The Associated Press — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:28:10 +0000

St. Louis County Senator will not seek re-election

Jane Cunningham had initially filed to run for the 7^th District seat, even though the new Senate map places that district in the Kansas City area.

The Republican from Chesterfield had hoped that the new map would be overturned and that the district she represents would not be moved to the other side of the state. But that didn’t happen. Cunningham says she most likely won’t run for a different office, but admits she hasn’t made up her mind yet: