(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri senators are debating legislation that could award up to $1.7 billion of incentives over two decades to Boeing to build a commercial airplane in… Read more »
Tag: Jay Nixon
Missouri executes serial killer Franklin
By JIM SALTER (BONNE TERRE, Mo., AP) — Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980, was put… Read more »
Mo. lawmaker says he intends to impeach Gov. Nixon
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House Republican says he intends to seek articles of impeachment against Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. Nick Marshall, of Parkville, referred to the governor’s… Read more »
Missouri gov. denies clemency for serial killer
By JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday denied a clemency request for white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, calling his crime a “cowardly… Read more »
Mo. lawmaker wants AG opinion on gay tax policy
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri attorney general’s office says a tax policy for certain gay couples recently announced by Gov. Jay Nixon appears to comply with Missouri law…. Read more »
Mo. Gov. Nixon shifts left politically
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missourians, meet your new governor: Jay Nixon, a Democrat. Though he has long worn the Democratic label, Nixon could have easily… Read more »
Analysis: Wariness greets call for KC-area truce
By JOHN HANNA (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon generated skepticism in two state capitols by calling publicly for a moratorium on the use of incentives by his… Read more »
NAACP asks Missouri governor to halt execution
By MICHELLE L. PRICE (SALT LAKE CITY, AP) — The head of the NAACP’s Salt Lake City branch is asking Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to commute a death sentence for… Read more »
Mo. to accept joint tax returns from gay couples
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday he is directing state tax officials to accept tax returns jointly filed by same-sex couples who… Read more »
Nixon seeks moratorium in ‘border war’ with Kansas
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called Tuesday for a moratorium on his state’s ongoing tug-of-war with neighboring Kansas over efforts to lure companies… Read more »