MPN Weekend News Update - Fri-Sun, July 18-20, 2008

The latest stories covering Missouri's economy and state politics.

Campaign Finance Reports: MPN's full analysis of candidate reports here.

Gubernatorial Election
MPN: Hulshof website logs most visits in June among gubernatorial candidates
AP: Health care fades as issue in Mo. gov's primary
MPN: WSJ on Steelman: 'Beware to the reformer'
MPN: Attack ads on Steelman funded by Blunt backer; A4BA committee terminated
Post-Dispatch: Ad wars continue: Hulshof strikes back on ethanol
Post-Dispatch: “Mom” Steelman gets personal in latest ad
Rothenberg Political Report: Hulshof Faces Two Tough Races

Attorney General Election
MPN: Columbia Tribune publisher backs Jeff Harris for Attorney General
MPN: Candidate returns $300 donation to Koster
KC Star: Ethics chairman would recuse himself from complaints involving Koster
Post-Dispatch: Dem candidate returns Koster contribution
Post-Dispatch: Koster at the center of Democrat battle for Mo. attorney general nomination
Post-Dispatch: Opponents cry foul over Koster's fundraising
KY3: Jeff Harris Meets The Press
Carthage Press: AG candidate (Harris) speaks in Joplin
MSCM: Machinists rally behind Harris

Missouri Government in Action
AP: Traveling Mo. governor encourages in-state events
Post-Dispatch: Blunt stops in Belgium to meet with InBev execs
MissouriNet: School lunch is going up

Ethics
KC Star: Special assistant attorney general requested in suit against Blunt over e-mail records
KY3: Nixon Tries Again on E-mails
MissouriNet: E-mail lawsuit against Gov. Blunt might get new life
Post-Dispatch: Nixon asks judge to appoint assistant in e-mail case

Ethanol
News-Leader: Farmers fear rising corn prices

Economy
AP: Unemployment rate drops, but Mo. loses 1,900 jobs
KC Business Journal: Starbucks will close four KC-area stores

Opinion
LeVota: GOP weaponizes Sunshine Law
CDT: AG endorsement for Harris
KC Star: More on ethanol
KC Star: Beware new energy lord: King Corn

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