by admin | Apr 28, 2006 | Crime / Courts
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...
by admin | Apr 25, 2006 | Crime / Courts
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...
by admin | Apr 25, 2006 | Crime / Courts
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...
by admin | Apr 4, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A Lake of the Ozarks real estate developer who allegedly hired illegal aliens faces tax-related criminal charges. Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office has joined forces with the Camden County Prosecuting Attorney in charging developer Michael G. Schlup of...
by admin | Mar 30, 2006 | Politics / Govt
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...