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State Sen. Bill Eigel spent his roughly two terms in the Missouri Senate going against the grain of GOP leaders. But the Weldon Spring Republican doesn't believe his clashes with fellow GOP elected officials will be a detriment to his gubernatorial bid. On the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, Eigel said his anti-establishment posture puts him in a good position in a competitive GOP primary that includes Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.

A letter, the complaint states, shows improper levels of coordination between Ashcroft’s campaign committee and a PAC.

Health care advocates are speaking out against proposed cuts to a California program that provides in-home care aides to low-income seniors and people with disabilities who are undocumented immigrants. Governor Gavin Newsom's May budget revision would cut about 2,600 people from the In-Home Support Services program, to save an estimated $94 million. Dania Perea Alonso, undocumented immigrant from Fresno who receives these services is hearing- and vision-impaired and said the program makes it possible for her sister to provide care. ...

The complaint was filed by a lobbyist with ties to police groups backing Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe.

Missouri lawmakers adjourned and left Jefferson City last week without expanding early childhood education funding