JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A commission set up by Republican legislative leaders to review policies and procedures at the University of Missouri will not get any state funds this year. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday that he is withholding $750,000 in state funding set aside for the Missouri Review Commission. It was part of…
Nixon said in a news release that further budget restrictions might be necessary if the legislature overrides his vetoes of three tax breaks
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s governor has vetoed a measure that would have allowed the state’s doctors to charge Medicaid patients fees for missing appointments without advance notice. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon rejected Senate Bill 608 on Tuesday, saying the legislation “would needlessly punish our state’s most vulnerable citizens.” Under the measure sent to…
Nixon disputed that the program, which is provided free to businesses, could be costly and says it’s easy to use
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A company is trying again to build a power line in Missouri for a multistate wind energy project. Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners on Thursday reapplied to build the Grain Belt Express despite earlier rejection from state regulators. The power line would transmit energy from Kansas, across northern Missouri and Illinois…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon is backing a proposed power line in Missouri that’s part of a multistate wind energy project. Nixon on Wednesday announced Clean Line Energy Partners has promised to adopt what he described as landowner protections. The project would transmit electricity from Kansas, across northern Missouri and Illinois to Indiana.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says he likely will freeze tens of millions of dollars of spending in Missouri’s new budget. Missouri’s roughly $27 billion operating budget for the 2017 fiscal year is to take effect Friday. Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to analyze the final revenue figures for the current fiscal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Michigan man who allegedly tried to collect fake debts from Gov. Jay Nixon has been charged with a felony for alleged deceptive business practices. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Wednesday said StarProse Corporation CEO Jeffrey Scott Kowalski tried to get tax information and collect non-existent debts from the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation to require high school students to pass a civics test and learn CPR. The legislation signed Wednesday requires high schoolers who start ninth grade after July 2017 to pass an exam similar to the U.S. citizenship test. The measure also creates a pilot program…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill that will require Missouri high school students to undergo a new round of first aid training before they can graduate. The St. Louis Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1UOrBA6 ) reports that the governor signed the legislation Tuesday. The measure will go into effect in the 2017-2018…