Governor Jay Nixon

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's budget request for more money both this year and next faces big hurdles from lawmakers. Republican lawmakers this week raised concerns about approving new spending for this year at the same time the governor is withholding money from some priorities...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri special interest groups and residents are asking for state lawmakers' help in releasing millions of dollars in funding withheld by the governor. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon withheld roughly $700 million this fiscal year, but Missourians in November amended the state constitution to allow lawmakers to override a governor's budget restrictions...

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — Westminster College is planning events next week to note the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death. British ambassador Peter Westmacott and Governor Jay Nixon are scheduled to attend the "America's Service of Remembrance" ceremony at the college in Fulton...

Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Missouri at all state government buildings in Cass and Jackson counties be flown at half-staff on Wednesday (Jan. 14) in honor of Battalion Chief Christopher A...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator is calling for Governor Jay Nixon to resign for "failed leadership" during the protests in Ferguson following the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white officer. Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal on the first day of session Wednesday filed a formal "remonstrance" against the governor...

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that he has granted pardons to eight men and one woman convicted of non-violent offenses. Each of the individuals has completed his or her sentence and has become a law-abiding citizen. “The executive power to grant clemency is one I take with a great deal of consideration and seriousness,” Gov...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have mixed opinions about whether they can use a new constitutional amendment to override some of Governor Jay Nixon's budget cuts when they go into session in January. Voters in November approved an amendment that allows the Legislature to reverse a governor's spending restrictions by a two-thirds vote in both chambers — just as it already can do on a

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state officials plan to issue an administrative rule to back a hike in home care workers' pay. Home care workers yesterday caroled outside the governor's mansion to request Governor Jay Nixon's help...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri’s Department of Economic Development has been named the number one economic development agency in the country by the nation’s premier international brokerage and consulting firms, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has reversed plans to cut the amount of money paid by the state to blind residents. Nixon said he ordered the Department of Social Services to drop plans to reduce the benefits paid under the blind pension program...