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State Economic Development Director Linda Martinez has resigned after less than a year on the job. Gov. Jay Nixon made the announcement Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that he wished Martinez well in her return to private legal practice but didn't elaborate on where she's headed. His office would not release her resignation letter, with spokesman Scott Holste calling it a personnel matter. That's not the only change in personnel in the Nixon administration. Nixon tapped attorney Bill Bryan on Monday to be deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and also lead the Division of State Parks.

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Gov. Jay Nixon’s pick for director of the Department of Economic Development was approved by the Missouri Senate on Tuesday, but not before a St. Charles County senator delivered a fiery rebuke of the governor. Several Republican senators had been ...

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Two of Gov. Jay Nixon’s cabinet appointees faced very different fates on Thursday when their nominations were brought up for a vote in the Missouri Senate. Margaret Donnelly’s  appointment as the new director of the Department of Health and Senior ...

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Linda Martinez’s path to leading Missouri’s Department of Economic Development hit yet another roadblock on Wednesday. Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, blocked the St. Louis attorney’s nomination from coming up for a vote in the Missouri Senate after he expressed displeasure ...

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Efforts to confirm Bryan Cave partner Linda Martinez as director of the state’s economic development agency ran into a speed bump at the state Capitol on Thursday. The Senate Gubernatorial Appointments Committee had signed off on her appointment. But the ...

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