Nixon Launches Suit to Stop Missouri River Spring Rise

Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from conducting a manmade flood, or Spring rise, on the Missouri River in May. The rise is supposed to help some endangered fish in the river. Nixon says the Corps has not followed...

AG Expected to Appeal Boonville Bridge Decision

Attorney General Jay Nixon is expected to appeal the decison of a Jefferson City judge that the Attorney General has no legal authority to block demolition of an old railroad bridge in Boonville. The Department of Natural Resources has agreed to allow Union Pacific to...

AG Applauds US Supreme Court Ruling on Missouri River

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought forward by North Dakota and South Dakota that would re-prioritize the management of the Missouri River to make recreation the top priority for the reservoir system, and not flood control and navigation as...

Nixon Jumps into Mark Twain Forest Fray

Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a formal objection to a Bush Administration proposal to sell 21,000 acres of the Mark Twain National Forest in the state. The money raised would go to help rural schools, but mostly outside of Missouri. Nixon says it doesn’t...