The Missouri House voted Tuesday to revive proposed limits on jobless benefits in an effort to encourage people to search for work, a measure that fell one vote short of overriding Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto last year when Republicans had a smaller majority.

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Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that he won’t stand in the way of a bill that makes it harder for workers to get unemployment benefits if they are fired for misconduct.

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A six-week strike by nurses at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur ended in 2005, but the nurses just learned they won’t have to pay back the unemployment benefits they received during the strike. The Missouri Supreme Court ...

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