John Lamping

Many worry that Greitens could present enormous problems for Missouri Republicans — even if he manages to win the U.S. Senate race later this year.

The former state senator from St. Louis County also gave his take on the impasse over redistricting and the potential 2024 governor’s contest between Mike Kehoe and Jay Ashcroft.

It’s mid-afternoon in a VFW Hall in Overland, and Eric Greitens has a room full of veterans at full attention. Two Medal of Honor recipients, Michael…

If there was one big lesson that John Lamping learned during his tenure in the Missouri Senate, it was that it’s very difficult to pass a bill – but very…

On this week's episode of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back state Sen. John Lamping, R-Ladue, to the show. Lamping decided not to run for another term this fall as the state senator representing the 24th District. But he has plenty to say about his four years in the General Assembly's upper chamber. During that time, he gained a reputation, and some enemies, over his willingness to buck his own party -- especially on fiscal issues.

Few could accuse the Missouri General Assembly of languishing during its last few days of session.In fact, the legislature’s last dash was something of a…

Despite opposition from a coalition of Missouri school groups, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers said Friday that to win passage, school transfer…

While Jay Ashcroft, the son of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, was always interested in politics, he also said he didn’t consider it “the…

(Updated 3/17 at 10:30 a.m.)State Sen. John Lamping learned two important lessons during his relatively short tenure in the Missouri General Assembly:…

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