- The Missouri Senate voted to pass the development bill late last night. The entire Missouri Legislature has now passed the bill. h/t Pub Def
- Blunt has withdrawn Rick Sullivan and Derio Gambaro as recess appointments. Sullivan had been appointed to be CEO of the St. Louis School District, and Gambaro was on the state Board of Education. Both were blocked by their home district senators, Joan Bray and Jeff Smith, respectively. Gambaro was Smith’s rival in last year’s 4th District race. h/t Pub Def (again!)
- Via green rising, Ameren UE has launched a voluntary Pure Power program. Customers can pay slightly more (1.5 cents more per kWh) to have their energy produced entirely by wind and other renewable sources. I’m signing up right now.
- McCaskill would support Talent as US Attorney General? Whaaaa? In fairness, she said Talent wouldn’t be her preference, because he has no background in law enforcement. Still…
that Bush isn’t going to appoint a Democrat. Would Talent be in any way preferable to Chertoff or Hatch (Isn’t Hatch being mentioned?) Hard to say. He’s one of W’s good ole boys.
I guess that, considering that all the choices will be godawful, Claire figures she might as well ingratiate herself with Missourians by backing a native son.
isn’t getting more attention. I’ve never heard about it before. I’m signing up too.
over at Blogs United by the coordinator of the AFL-CIO’s presidential website asking for input on how labor could interact with local and regional blogs. I’m thinking about it but thought maybe others would have suggestions and want to check it out.
for the Ameren program. I’ll sign up and send the link to lots of people.