The latest SurveyUSA poll shows a bit of rebound in Governor Jay Nixon's approval ratings. In the company's most recent survey, conducted 12/11-12/13, 49% of respondents approved of his work as governor, and 42% said they disapproved. In late November, Nixon's SurveyUSA numbers stood at 44%-46%.
600 Adults All [...]JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Republican Party pointed out in a news release today that another recent winner of a driver’s license fee office — this one in Clayton — is run by donors to Gov. Jay Nixon’s campaign.
The ongoing…
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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The University of Missouri should consider leaving the Big 12 and joining the Big Ten Conference if it gets an offer to do so, Gov. Jay Nixon said Friday.
The Big Ten said this week that it will be exploring over the next 12-18 months whether [...]
According to Rasmussen's recent poll, "sixty-three percent (63%) approve of the job Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is doing and forty-seven percent (47%) say the same about the president."
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h/t Show Me Progress
[...]When Nixon announced $204 million budget cuts in late October, was he supposed to be fixing our budget problems? After cutting $8,141,271 from higher education and $19,462,314 from elementary and secondary education, he announced yesterday that he was creating a $12,000,000 initiative to fund community college job training [...]
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NIXON'S WEEK 48 GRADE: B +
Wainwright
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals strikeout artist Adam Wainwright, who came thisclose to winning his first Cy Young Award this year, will speak at the governor’s prayer breakfast next month.
Gov. Jay Nixon’s office announced Thursday that Wainwright will provide the keynote address at…
[...]Following the Springfield News-Leader story regarding the Nixon Administration rebidding 10 fee offices, Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party issued the following statement:
“This is the latest in a series of setbacks for Jay Nixon’s scandal-plagued fee office system. Nixon [...]
Amb. Zhou Wenzhong
WASHINGTON — With the necessary funding to promote a Chinese cargo hub in St. Louis all-but-secured, the sales pitch continues.
Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation and Gov. Jay Nixon will break bread tomorrow night in Washington with Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese…
[...]OVERLAND — Gov. Jay Nixon proposes several changes to Missouri’s DWI laws that he says would lead to more prosecutions and better tracking of prior offenses by police departments and courts.
Click here to watch a video from Gov. Nixon’s news…
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Gov. Jay Nixon is supporting a legislative push to strengthen DWI laws in Missouri, thoughts on the rivalries among GOP political consultants, and will other Democrats in [...]
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Gov. Jay Nixon plans to tour the state Wednesday to unveil new proposed DWI legislation.
He’ll start at Hannibal City Hall at 9:30 a.m., visit the Overland offices of Mothers Against Drunk Driving at 11:15 a.m., and finally…
[...]A few days ago, the Joplin Globe ran an editorial that discussed the micro issue of the relationship between Gov. Jay Nixon and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and the macro issue of the role of the lieutenant governor in Missouri government. It was a nice article, using a recent [...]
Yesterday, hoping to get the jump on an already-scheduled series of announcements by Gov. Jay Nixon, Sen. Scott Rupp and Sen. Eric Schmitt, Speaker Ron Richard held a "hastily announced" conference call to express his support for autism insurance legislation, and specifically, for a bill [...]
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon wants insurers to cover $72,000 a year in “life-changing therapies” for the mounting number of autistic children in the state.
Flanked by a bipartisan group of legislators, Nixon held a press conference in his Capitol…
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