by admin | Jun 11, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon says he will not reconsider seeking dismissal of a challenge to a state law banning homosexuals from becoming foster parents. Social Services Director Gary Sherman says Nixon did not consult with him before asking the Supreme Court to...
by admin | Jun 9, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The state’s appeal of a court decision letting a lesbian couple adopt a foster child has been dropped now that Governor Matt Blunt has signed a bill repealing the law banning sexual contact between two people of the same sex. The Attorney General says the new...
by admin | Jun 8, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers is talking to lawyers about taking legal action to fire Attorney General Jay Nixon in the Taum Sauk Reservoir collapse investigation. He says Nixon’s give-back to Ameren of almost $20,000 in campaign donations does not...
by admin | Jun 7, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The Department of Natural Resources says Attorney General Jay Nixon has a conflict of interest in the Taum Sauk Reservoir case and should recuse himself. Nixon is representing the state in seeking payment from Taum Sauk’s owner, AmerenUE, for damages caused by...
by admin | Jun 7, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Relations between Attorney General Jay Nixon and the Department of Natural Resources appear to have deteriorated so far that DNR Director Doyle Childers is thinking of asking Nixon to recuse himself from any discussions of the Taum Sauk reservoir collapse. Nixon, as...
