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10.29.2009 11:10 am

Jay Nixon to tap Kansan for top Missouri jobs post

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

UPDATED: Nixon just made the announcement. He said Kerr, 56, will start work Nov. 9. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate.

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Kerr

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s new economic development director will be David Kerr, secretary of the…

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09.13.2009 4:07 pm

Questions swirl around Linda Martinez’ future

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
Martinez

Martinez

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his economic development director, Linda Martinez, are slated to lead a roundtable discussion Monday with business leaders in St. Joseph.

The first question on the table might be: Is Martinez on the way out?

My colleague, Deborah Peterson,…

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05.08.2009 5:04 pm

Poll: Which bills will make it through the Missouri Legislature?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — With  the budget behind them, Missouri legislators have one week left to pass any pet projects they have left. Some, like CWIP and the abortion coercion bill, have pretty much died.

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03.31.2009 6:56 pm

Missouri Senate to burn midnight oil on economic development

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Tune in tonight if you want to hear the long-awaited Senate debate on Gov. Jay Nixon’s jobs bill.

Senators plan to take up the bill at 8 p.m. and debate it as long as it takes to wrap…

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03.12.2009 5:57 pm

Missouri House wraps up for spring break, reflects on first half

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY – Today marks the first day of spring break for Missouri legislators, which is about the midpoint of the session, and at a press conference this afternoon, the political parties seemed to have vastly different interpretations of what has happened so…

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