JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s plan to cut about 100 state parks workers has been scaled back, according to the Springfield News-Leader’s Chad Livengood. After various workers exercised seniority rights and jobs were moved around, only 48 jobs were cut, according…
JEFFERSON CITY — My colleague Kim McGuire has posted on her blog more news of a staff shakeup at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources that might be related to the E. coli controversy at Lake of the Ozarks.
The news was…
JEFFERSON CITY — An employee of the Department of Natural Resources who was responsible for closing public beaches in Missouri when bacteria tests were high has been fired for his role in the E. coli controversy at Lake of the…
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is cutting jobs in the state parks division today as a result of continued economic problems, according to a memo obtained by the Post-Dispatch.
The memo from deputy DNR director Bill Bryan says…
UPDATE: Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, said Nixon’s announcement today will not slow his committee’s investigation: “There’s a whole bunch of questions that still need to be answered,” he said. Check the Mother Ship tomorrow for a complete story.
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Templeton
UPDATE: Read the full story on the Mother Ship.
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon today suspended his director of the Department of Natural Resources for passing him false information about beach closings at Lake of the Ozarks.
In a conference call…
JEFFERSON CITY — When Sen. Brad Lager convened his hearings to take a look into why DNR delayed a report about elevated E. coli levels in Lake of the Ozarks, he said he had the full cooperation of Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration.…
Castlewood State Park
Department of Natural Resources Spokeswoman Sue Holst said that while Castlewood State Park Assistant Superintendent Richard Love will stay at Babler State Park, nothing else will change.
Specifically, she said, “We have no plans at all to change the trail.”
Holst said the department…
Templeton
2:22 p.m. Updated to include Gov. Jay Nixon’s statement
JEFFERSON CITY — The Senate confirmed Mark Templeton as the head of the Department of Natural Resources with little debate.
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields said Templeton impressed the Gubernatorial Appointments Committee.
“I’m excited that we have…
In what apparently is a post-session GOP plan, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources — and soon afterwards, the state Republican Party — has gone on the attack today against Attorney General Jay Nixon, the likely Democratic nominee for governor.
DNR director Doyle Childers today…
