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Monday, the incoming University of Missouri System president said he thought tuition proposals on the table were a fair response to a proposed 12.5 percent cut in state funding. Tim Wolfe has since learned how quickly Missouri’s political winds can change.
I really think we’re doing great things here. Tribune: You’ve met with Gov. Jay Nixon, lawmakers and congressional delegates. Do they see the return on investments? Wolfe: What they all share is a passion for the University of Missouri System. ...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. View Photo »
We’ll see who jumps in now
“In the past, they thought recreation was the only reason for reservoirs to be managed,” said U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth. “They finally got dumped on.” Luetkemeyer joined Missouri’s two senators, Gov. Jay Nixon and a fellow...
Democrats--it is actually an inch or two more favorable to the Democrats than the Democratic seats in NC-07, NC-08, and NC-11. McCain carried the district, but by a somewhat modest 54-45 margin. AT THE POLLS: Over last weekend, PPP took a fresh look at...
University has shelved its plan for a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise its employees. It is off the table, totally, said Clif Smart, interim president of MSU, on Friday. The university had hoped to offer the raise, if state appropriations should be...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, right, shakes hands with lawmakers as he enters the House chamber to deliver the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. View Photo »
I believe Jay Nixon is one of the worst governors of Missouri ... Serious people who care should consider [a run] when they’re asked.
They are being replaced by appeals court judges, current and retired. This hearing is in response to a lower-court judge's ruling earlier this month in favor of the map drawn up by the Missouri General Assembly last spring. Legislators then overrode Gov.
CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon told higher education leaders during a closed-door meeting yesterday that he would like them to keep tuition hikes at or below the general rate of inflation this year. The message was presented as a request, several college and...
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, right, shakes hands with lawmakers as he enters the House chamber to deliver the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.
View Photo »President Barack Obama greets Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, as he walks off of Air Force One Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis,Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, to attend fundraisers.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (C) tours tornado damage with Joplin Mayor Michael R. Woolston (L), Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (R) and others on May 29, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. Victims of a Joplin, Missouri tornado continue to recover as 2011 becomes the deadliest year for tornadoes since...
View Photo »Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (L) and Joplin Mayor Michael Woolston (R) listen while US President Barack Obama speaks to press while touring tornado damage on May 29, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. Victims of a Joplin, Missouri tornado continue to recover as 2011 becomes the deadliest year for...
View Photo »President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, at a community memorial service at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo. , Sunday, May 29, 2011.
View Photo »Vice President Joe Biden, right, visits with Berkeley resident Djuna Miller as he and Gov. Jay Nixon, left center, and Berkeley Mayor Kyra Watson, left, take a walking tour of the St. Louis suburb to see storm damage from last month's tornadoes on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
View Photo »Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a break at a bi-partisan meeting of governors hosted by President Barack Obama in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.
View Photo »Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, speak with Education Secretary Arne Duncan before a panel discussion on Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee during National Governors Association (NGA) winter meeting in Washington on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri speaks to the media after a meeting with President Barack Obama at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building February 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Democratic governors to discuss the ways Washington and the...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media alongside Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston (R) and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (3rd R) and other officials after a tour of tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, May 29, 2011. Obama travelled to Joplin, scene of last week's disaster, to inspect the...
View Photo »JOPLIN, MO - MAY 29: President Barack Obama walks with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon as they greet people during a visit to the community that was devastated a week ago by a tornado on May 29, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The tornado, which was packing winds of more than 200 mph, is now...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston (R) and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (2nd L) after touring tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, May 29, 2011. Obama travelled to Joplin, scene of last week's disaster, to inspect the damage and participate in a...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston (R) and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon as he prepares to speak to the media after inspecting tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, May 29, 2011. Obama travelled to Joplin, scene of last week's disaster, to inspect...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama is greeted by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon at Joplin Regional Airport before touring tornado damage and attending a memorial service on May 29, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The death toll stood at 142 one week after the tornado cut a path of death and destruction...
View Photo »DUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 23: In this handout image provided by The White House, U.S. President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, during his visit May 23, 2011 in Dublin, Ireland. The President extended his condolences to all impacted by the deadly tornadoes...
View Photo »Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, inquires of a colleague as he delays a motion to inform the House that the Senate had convened for a special legislative session called by Gov. Jay Nixon Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Jefferson City, Mo. Crowell has said he opposes some of the new tax...
View Photo »Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, left, continues asking Majority Leader Tom Dempsey, R-St. Peters, standing at right, about a procedural motion shortly after the Senate convened for business during a special legislative session called by Gov. Jay Nixon Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in...
View Photo »Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, left, begins to ask Majority Leader Tom Dempsey, R-St. Peters, right, questions about a routine motion shortly after the Senate convened for business during a special legislative session called by Gov. Jay Nixon Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Jefferson...
View Photo »Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder gavels in the Missouri Senate as law makers convene for a special session Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Jefferson City, Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon called the special session so lawmakers in both chambers could overhaul Missouri's tax incentives for businesses.
View Photo »Majority Floor Leader Tom Dempsey, R-St. Peters, right, greets Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, left, and Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, center, just before the Senate convened for the first day of the special legislative session Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Jefferson City, Mo. Gov. Jay...
View Photo »Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder visits with people attending the annual Missouri State Fair Governor's Ham Breakfast Thursday morning, Aug. 18, 2011, in Sedalia, Mo. A former exotic dancer claims Kinder made her uncomfortable during visit's to an adult club during mid-1990s, and, earlier this...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland speaks as, clockwise from O'Malley, other Democratic governors Peter Shumlin of Vermont, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Pat Quinn of Illinois, Jay Nixon of Missouri, Togiola Tulafono of American Samoa, Jack Markell of...
View Photo »A view of tornado damage as Air Force One carries US President Barack Obama to Joplin, Missouri, on May 29, 2011. The death toll stood at 142 one week after the tornado cut a path of death and destruction through the heart of this town of 50,000. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said Sunday...
View Photo »President Barack Obama exchanges a greeting with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon as he participates in a memorial service at Missouri Southern State University for the victims of the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo. , Sunday, May 29, 2011.
View Photo »President Barack Obama speaks with reporters after visiting tornado victims in Joplin, Mo. , Sunday, May 29, 2011. From left are, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. , Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his wife Georganne, Obama, and Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston.
View Photo »Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, right, shakes hands with lawmakers as he enters the House chamber to deliver the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.
View Photo »We’ll see who jumps in now
I believe Jay Nixon is one of the worst governors of Missouri ... Serious people who care should consider [a run] when they’re asked.
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Jay Nixon’s prospects for re-election have never been stronger ... It’s hard to imagine Republicans uniting around a guy like David Spence, who spent his first three days as a candidate trying to explain his actions overseeing a bank that took a $40 million government bailout and failed to pay the taxpa...
David Kerr and I have worked closely together to create jobs and move our economy forward, and he has been a trusted and valuable member of my team
Kinder — who has been the party's presumptive nominee to challenge Gov. Jay Nixon for at least two years —announced on Friday he will run for re-election as the state's No. 2, only the latest in a series of shifts within the state Republican party ticket.
I think it gives the race to Gov. Jay Nixon, because I do not see Mr. Spence — regardless of the money he spends — making a dent in Gov. Nixon's re-election campaign.
I believe after numerous conversations with Dave Spence that he is the Republican Party's best chance of defeating Jay Nixon ... Dave is a self-made man and proven manager who understands how to create jobs and improve the state's economy. He is smart, serious and has a vision he's shared with me to ren...
