by Mike Lear | Jan 6, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The State of Missouri’s Budget Reserve Fund has still not been tapped into in response to the disasters of 2011. Governor Jay Nixon hopes it won’t have to be, if only in the short-term. Nixon says it might be used later, as costs are still being assessed...
by Mike Lear | Jan 5, 2012 | News, Weather
A pastor from Joplin says the support that as followed the devastating May 22 tornado is one of the state’s “finest hours.” Some will remember College Heights Christian Church pastor Randy Gariss for presiding over an internationally...
by Mike Lear | Jan 5, 2012 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon will not be seeking money from the state’s largest universities to help balance the budget. In December word circulated that the Nixon Administration was floating an idea to take $106 million from the reserves of five Missouri universities to...
by admin | Jan 18, 2010 | Politics / Govt
As Governor Jay Nixon puts the finishing touches on his State of the State Address he makes it clear he will not ask Missourians to pay higher taxes. “I’m holding the line on taxes once again,” Nixon told reporters at a Jefferson City event late last...
by admin | Dec 30, 2009 | Politics / Govt
A week before the start of the 2010 session of the General Assembly Governor Jay Nixon has outlined a set ethics reform proposals designed to, in the words of the Governor, “strengthen the credibility of Missouri’s elected officials and the confidence of...