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Akin voting investigation
10:18 am
Fri June 17, 2011

Democratic state Rep. requests investigation into Akin residency

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A Democratic state Representative has asked for an investigation into reports that Senate candidate Todd Akin, pictured here, voted 10 times from the wrong address.
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A Democratic state Representative from the St. Louis area has officially asked Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to investigate whether Congressman Todd Akin broke any rules by voting in Town and Country despite having an official residence in Wildwood.

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Missouri Rx / Voter ID
3:09 pm
Fri June 10, 2011

Mo. gov. signs Missouri Rx legislation, mum on voter ID

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Lawmakers look on as Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon signs the Missouri Rx legislation into law during ceremonies in St. Louis on June 10, 2011.
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Governor Jay Nixon signed legislation today reauthorizing the state's prescription drug assistance program for low-income seniors for three more years.

Missouri Rx pays half of the cost of prescription drugs, including co-pays and deductibles, for eligible seniors. It's designed to cover the gap in Medicare prescription drug benefits known as the donut hole.

The governor says the program will still be needed even as President Obama phases in his overhaul of the health care system.

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Stouffer for Sec. of State
9:51 am
Fri February 25, 2011

Stouffer to run for Mo. secretary of state

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Republican Mo. state Sen. Bill Stouffer. (via Flickr/MoBikeFed)
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Mo. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, with her mother Jean, at the Jan. 2009 inauguration of Gov. Jay Nixon.
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Updated 5:40 p.m. Feb. 25, 2011.

A State Senator from rural western Missouri has announced he'll seek the Republican nomination for Secretary of State next year.

Bill Stouffer (R, Napton) was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.

He made an unsuccessful bid for Congress last year, losing the GOP nod to Vicky Hartzler in Missouri's 4th District.  Hartzler later unseated incumbent Democrat Ike Skelton.

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