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COLUMBIA, Mo. – With state lawmakers out of town this week, Gov. Jay Nixon is continuing to hit hard against House Republicans who voted last week to cut $30 million in state subsidies to blind people from next year’s budget. “I’ve not heard a single university president say they want to restore their funding at [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Having been rebuffed in his request for direct federal aid for tornado damaged areas of Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon is now asking that the Small Business Administration declare a disaster in Missouri. The declaration would allow homeowners, renters and businesses to qualify for low interest SBA loans to repair damage done [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — As Gov. Jay Nixon touts the possible addition of 200 jobs in the southern part of the state, a Kansas City business made public its plans to put 150 employees out of work. Nixon was in West Plains Monday at Invensys Controls, a company that manufactures controls for gas household appliances. [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missourians are quick to boast of their state’s agricultural acumen. And Gov. Jay Nixon was on hand Friday morning to help send off a group of National Guard Soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan to help develop agricultural business in the struggling, war-torn nation. “The Missouri Agribusiness Development Team has set the [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In a strict party-line vote, the Missouri Senate has approved legislation to roll back the state’s workplace discrimination standards. With 23 Republicans voting in favor of the bill and eight Democrats against it, the Senate approved a measure that would force employees suing for discrimination to prove that their protected status [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Seeking to undo the governor’s proposed cuts to higher education, the Missouri House Budget Committee Wednesday voted out its version of the state budget. The spending plan comes in at just over $24 billion, with about $7 billion coming from state tax collections. The committee’s biggest change was eliminating Gov. Jay [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon is once again calling on the federal government to declare a major disaster area for a large portion of the state impacted by severe weather. On Wednesday, Nixon asked that 18 Missouri counties impacted by last week’s deadly string of tornadoes be declared eligible for federal relief benefits. [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House has sent Gov. Jay Nixon legislation that will change workers’ compensation laws. The bill, authored by Sen. Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, limits the ability of a worker to sue a co-worker for an injury suffered on the job. It also adds occupational disease into worker’s compensation coverage. The [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nearly a year to the day after a deadly tornado tore through Joplin, President Barack Obama will speak at the high school graduation ceremony. The president will join Gov. Jay Nixon at Joplin Senior High on May 21 to deliver the commencement address. On May 22, 2011, commencement ceremonies had ended [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration continues to publish bullish economic figures heading into the campaign season. But the state’s budget chief says Friday’s report of a jump in state revenues is no reason to celebrate just yet. Friday, the state’s Budget and Planning Office published figures showing general state revenue collections in [...]
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