IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record. Another boasts that disappearing messages “keep your message history tidy.” And a popular email service recently launched a “confidential mode” allowing the content of messages to disappear after a set…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens are questioning why St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner hired a private out-of-state company to perform the investigation that led to his indictment, rather than relying on St. Louis police. Greitens’ attorneys in a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his wife, Sheena Greitens, will be welcoming visitors to their home next week for a holiday tradition. Annual candlelight tours at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion are planned from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 1 and from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 2.…
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is kicking off a statewide tour in advance of his upcoming inauguration. Greitens started his tour Tuesday at Truman State University in Kirksville. He thanked a crowd of supporters on campus and promised to remember them when he takes office Jan. 9. He also planned Tuesday…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens will make budget cuts after he takes office. Greitens’ senior adviser Austin Chambers announced plans for budget cuts Thursday but declined to provide further details, including how much spending previously approved by lawmakers the next governor will restrict. Greitens takes office Jan. 9. He replaces…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is appointing a North Carolina corrections official to lead Missouri’s Department of Corrections. Greitens announced his pick Wednesday of North Carolina community supervision Director Anne Precythe. The Senate must confirm her appointment. Current Missouri prisons chief George Lombardi had applied to stay on when Greitens assumes…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor-elect Eric Greitens is calling for former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves to lead the Missouri Republican Party. Greitens announced his support for Graves as chairman of the Missouri G-O-P late Tuesday. While the governor-elect can endorse a slate of leadership for the state party, it’s up to the Republican State Committee…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri Republican officials and candidates are helping GOP Gov.-elect Eric Greitens transition to power. Greitens’ primary rival Catherine Hanaway and former U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman are among the most well-known names aiding the future governor. Greitens will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in January. Hanaway is a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former consultant for Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is complying with a subpoena as part of an investigation involving Greitens’ campaign and a charity he founded. Michael Hafner appeared at the Missouri Ethics Commission office Thursday in Jefferson City in response to a subpoena. He says he is “complying…
