MISSOURIANA

Missourians are like most Americans: we don't mind progress as long as it doesn't cost anything.

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The General Assembly is experiencing difficulty in writing an amended ethics-in-government bill. Lawmakers have yet to decide how much misconduct the public will tolerate.

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America may be remembered as the country that saved the lives of Kuwaitis after 100 hours of ground fighting and then stood around and watched for 100 days as the Kurds lost theirs.

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Gov. Ashcroft says he may campaign against a proposed tax increase to improve local schools and colleges. He prefers to be known as the something-for-nothing governor.

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It's time for redistricting, and Missouri legislators have started fussing over the boundary lines for new House and Senate districts. It's the politicians' version of "Jeopardy."