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11.19.2009 3:55 pm

McCaskill’s approval rating weakens as health-care votes loom

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
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WASHINGTON — There was disquieting news for Missouri Democrats along with some welcome news in the second part of a Public Policy Polling survey released this afternoon.

The good news was a generally strong approval rating for Gov. Jay Nixon at a time…

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11.02.2009 2:57 pm

Gov. Nixon summons officials for summit on DWI breakdowns

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(Reporting with Joe Mahr.)

The governor has called a DWI summit

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has summoned police, judges, prosecutors and anti-DWI advocates to Jefferson City on Wednesday to discuss ways to better enforce the state’s drunken driving laws.

Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said…

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10.23.2009 9:56 am

More fallout from E. coli-gate: DNR employee loses job

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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10.21.2009 3:04 pm

Democrats question Kinder’s use of office for health care video

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Democratic Party is questioning whether Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder inappropriately used state resources for a video Kinder posted on his campaign website.

In the video, posted on the Political Fix yesterday, Kinder criticizes Gov. Jay Nixon for…

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10.20.2009 12:16 pm

Peter Kinder takes on health care in pitch to supporters

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder suggests in a YouTube video he’s sent to supporters that if the national health care proposal being debated by Congress is approved, it would lead to closing prisons and…

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10.19.2009 2:37 pm

Will Gov. Jay Nixon take a swim in the lake? Not today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon said on Friday that if the weather were warmer, he would take a swim in the Lake of the Ozarks, since the public beach was once again re-opened.

Oops. The governor…

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10.19.2009 11:50 am

Missouri cutting jobs today in Division of State Parks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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10.14.2009 3:46 pm

Nixon keeps DNR director on sidelines until he is briefed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon is extending the suspension without pay of his director of Department of Natural Resources until the deputy director of the department completes his investigation into E. coli tests at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Two weeks…

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10.13.2009 12:44 pm

Biden here Thursday for business, politics

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden will be in St. Louis on Thursday to promote the success of the economic stimulus package and to help Secretary of State Robin Carnahan raise money for her Senate campaign.

The vice president will appear with Gov. Jay Nixon at…

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10.13.2009 10:45 am

Nixons welcome trick-or-treaters for Hallo- … harvest fest?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — There will be no Halloween celebration at the Governor’s Mansion this year, ending several years of capital city tradition, but fear not young trick-or-treaters. You can still dress up and get a tour of the mansion, and…

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