– Gov. Jay Nixon has called on lawmakers to return to Jefferson City next week to consider a package of tax incentives for Boeing, as the company begins to wind down its national search for a location to place the…
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Amid special session chatter, Nixon invites lawmakers to Boeing meeting
by St. Louis Business Journal •
– Gov. Jay Nixon and state legislative leaders are set to meet with Boeing officials on Wednesday – only an hour before Nixon is set to deliver remarks discussing the state’s effort to lure the company to produce its new 777X aircraft in St.…
Nixon budget calls to double funding for “Bright Flight” scholarship program
by Eli Yokley •
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday he will call on lawmakers to expand the Missouri Bright Flight scholarship program by $15 million when he presents his fiscal year 2015 budget proposal during the state of the state…
Lawmakers want Nixon Medicaid meeting – on their terms
by Eli Yokley •
– Missouri lawmakers mulling reform and expansion of Medicaid said Tuesday they would like to meet with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, but they want to do so on their own terms. Tuesday, in a letter obtained by PoliticMo, Sen. Gary…
With controversial drug, Missouri to execute first inmate since 2011
by Eli Yokley •
– For the first time since 2011, Missouri is set to execute a man on death row. Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday denied a clemency request for Joseph Paul Franklin, a serial killer who shot a man outside a St. Louis…
Five deer shot and harvested by Gov. Jay Nixon (PHOTOS)
by Eli Yokley •
– Gov. Jay Nixon is one lucky hunter. For the fifth year in a row, the Democrat joined thousands of hunters on opening weekend of deer season, and for the fifth year in a row, he shot and harvested a…
Nixon: Rep. Steve Webb should resign if charges are true
by Eli Yokley •
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday if the charges against state Rep. Steve Webb, D-St. Louis, are true, he should step down from his seat. “That is moving very quickly,” said Nixon, a fellow Democrat. “Clearly, if…
Jones: Nixon “defies Missouri voters” with decision on same-sex marriage tax status
by Eli Yokley •
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones accused Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday of violating the will if Missouri voters by allowing same-sex married couples to file tax joint tax returns, as they now can at the federal…
Missouri tax code to recognize same sex marriages for first time, Nixon announces
by Eli Yokley •
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday the state of Missouri would begin to accept tax returns from same-sex couples filing together. During a news conference, Nixon said he would issue an executive order directing the Missouri…
Kansas Governor on ‘border war': “It’s good to hear that Gov. Nixon is joining this discussion”
by Eli Yokley •
– Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday it was “good to hear” Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon “joining the discussion” about the economic border war between the two states, in response Nixon’s speech on Tuesday urging the two states to call…