Republican Lawmaker Targets Democrat-Appointed ALJs

A Republican lawmaker has indicated he hopes to oust many of former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's administrative law judge appointees, Kansas City Star politics writer Steve Kraske reports. Nixon appointed nine administrative law judges in his last three months in office. A proposal by Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla, would terminate all of those judges, plus three others Nixon appointed within the past four years. Choosing 12 judges to target may not be a coincidence on Brown's part, Kraske writes. The 12th most recent hire is Larry Rebman, a Kansas City judge who was once invol...