by Mike Lear | Dec 16, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The head of the Department of Mental Health’s Behavioral Health Division is optimistic about the Governor’s proposal that could accelerate the replacement of the only maximum security psychiatric unit in the state. Governor Jay Nixon announced last week...
by Mike Lear | Dec 12, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
Governor Jay Nixon issued this statement following the execution by the State of Missouri of convicted murderer Allen Nicklasson for the 1994 murder of businessman Richard Drummond: “Richard Drummond’s act of kindness in stopping to help the occupants of a...
by Mike Lear | Dec 9, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has announced a proposal to pay for construction of a new Fulton State Hospital using appropriation bonds. Nixon also announced he would release $11-million that he had withheld in a supplemental budget bill that included a total of $13-million for...
by Mike Lear | Dec 6, 2013 | Business, News
The state legislature has sent Governor Jay Nixon everything he wants in an incentive package to try to get Boeing to build its 777X airliner. At least, that’s what House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) believes. “It’s my understanding that Governor...
by Mike Lear | Dec 3, 2013 | Business, News
St. Louis-area building trades union leaders have agreed that workers will be available 24/7 with no overtime while building a production facility for the Boeing 777X as part of the effort to bring construction of that airliner to St. Louis County. Governor Jay Nixon...
