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O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, the only statewide Democratic...

Greene County has a new tax man. Following the recommendation of the local Republican Party, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed former State Rep. Allen Icet as County Collector on Monday. Icet replaces fellow Republican Leah Betts, who resigned last month after raising concerns about delayed personal property tax bills. Icet will serve the remainder of Betts' current four-year term, which ends in March 2023. “I look forward to carrying out the duties of Collector of Revenue and working alongside the other elected Greene County officials,” Icet said in a news release. “I plan to do my b...

Former House budget chair appointed Greene County Collector after billing delays Austin Huguelet, Springfield News-Leader © (Kelley McCall/AP) In this Associated Press file photo from 2003, then-State Rep. Allen Icet confers with Rep. Shannon Cooper in a tax policy hearing. The Greene County Republican Party recently nominated Icet to fill a vacancy in the County Collector's office. Greene County has a new tax man. Following the recommendation of the local Republican Party, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed former State Rep. Allen Icet as County Collector on Monday. Icet ...

House Communications House Speaker Elijah Haahr brings down the gavel to end the 2020 veto session on Sept. 16. House Speaker Elijah Haahr is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where the departing lawmaker talked to St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jaclyn Driscoll about key lessons he learned from being the top GOP member of the Missouri House. The Springfield Republican served in House leadership for four years, including the last two years as speaker. He is departing from the Legislature due to term limits in early January. House Majority Leader Rob Vescovo, R-Jefferso...

Falsely spreading this rumor. spreading a rumor that was untrue that tom was jewish. he believed the state party chairman was doing that basically as an anti-semitic smear campaign to undercut his chances in the governor's race by spreading this lie that he was a jew. so he had spoken to these reporters from the ap and st. louis dispatch. he had spoke to them numerous times about the issue. he spoke to them, left messages for them literally minutes before he killed himself in february. he had summoned those reporters to his house because he said he wanted to make a statement about this controv...