http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_316214115.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_316214115.html PITTSBURG, Kan. — Politicians in both parties in Crawford County say they are still in shock after last week’s election saw Republicans win one key race, and possibly another, in the normally reliable Democratic stronghold. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_313195445.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_313195445.html One of the points of writing this column is to show that it is very difficult to prove that money buys actual votes. But the case of Proposition A comes close. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310143614.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310143614.html The “Mr. Speaker” title won’t be official until Jan. 7, at the next opening session of the Missouri House of Representatives. But state Rep. Ron Richard, of Joplin, for practical purposes, became speaker of the House on Tuesday when the Republican Party maintained the majority in the Missouri House. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309234455.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309234455.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309235126.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309235126.html Democrat Robert Evenson sneaked past Republican Gregg Sweeten by 18 votes in the race for the open McDonald County sheriff’s post Tuesday. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310003023.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310003023.html With a decisive victory, Republican Bob Marshall has laid claim to a traditionally Democratic seat in the Kansas 13th Senate District, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310002833.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310002833.html Jasper County voters on Tuesday elected the Republican candidate as county coroner and approved a countywide proposal to impose a 10 percent gross-receipts tax on any adult cabaret that opens in the county. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:25:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310000618.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310000618.html Jasper County voters returned one incumbent and elected three new members to the Jasper County Emergency Services Board in balloting Tuesday. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310002303.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310002303.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001855.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001855.html The two races for seats on Oklahoma’s Corporation Commission were as different as night and day. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001541.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001541.html Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly endorsed all four ballot measures Tuesday. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001348.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001348.html Gamblers, educators and economic-development officials were waiting to see whether Missourians wanted to rewrite the state’s unique restrictions on casinos. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001022.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_310001022.html House Democrats solidified their control of the northeast and made gains in the South on Tuesday by defeating Republicans from Connecticut to Arizona as they pushed for historic gains in their majority. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309235808.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309235808.html A school-bond measure in Seneca passed in Tuesday’s election, while school-bond proposals in Neosho and Jasper failed, according to complete but unofficial returns. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309233442.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/State/local_story_309233442.html Democrat Jay Nixon, Missouri’s longest-serving attorney general, won election as governor Tuesday by turning back Republican U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof.