Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich filed a lawsuit today claiming Gov. Jay Nixon’s budget withholdings violate the state constitution.

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Some baseball players slide into home plate, some baseball fans get married there, but how many judges can say that’s where the governor appointed them? There’s at least one: Rex Burlison, who on Tuesday was named to the St. Louis Circuit Court.

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For those small businesses having trouble getting bank loans, Gov. Jay Nixon delivered some good news during his visit Friday to St. Peters. The state has obtained $27 million in federal funding to help entrepreneurs expand and create jobs.

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A former St. Louis circuit judge has withdrawn his name from consideration for a spot on the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. Gov. Jay Nixon had nominated Michael Calvin, now of counsel with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, to ...

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Gov. Jay Nixon called for lawmakers to impose stricter penalties on driving-while-intoxicated offenders during a statewide tour on Wednesday, with stops in Hannibal, St. Louis County and Cape Girardeau County.

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Gov. Jay Nixon says helping existing businesses to grow and create jobs is "much, much cheaper and [more] cost effective" than trying to lure out-of-state companies to Missouri.

In a speech Friday before members of local chambers of commerce, the governor stressed the importance of business retention. More than 200 business people turned out to hear Nixon speak at a luncheon at the Old Hickory Golf Club in St. Peters.

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When it comes to its promised $2 million in federal stimulus funds, the state's public defender office has a message for Gov. Jay Nixon: "Show me the money." As the clock ticks toward the endpoint for use of the stimulus funds - June 2011 - Nixon hasn't released any stimulus dollars to the state's beleaguered system. It's been five months since the Legislature approved the allocation. System Director J. Marty Robinson (pictured, center) struck a hopeful tone. "I would be very surprised if we do not get it," Robinson said.

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With just three weeks left in the legislative session, an effort to alter the Second Injury Fund this year appears all but dead. Nonetheless, those watching the fund still expect it to become insolvent in the near future. In 2007, ...

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