10.13.2009 10:45 am
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…
03.31.2009 8:20 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - “Do the right thing! Close it down!”
That’s what about 40 people could be heard yelling through the streets of downtown Springfield just now as they marched from the Capitol to the governor’s mansion, rallying to close the…
01.12.2009 2:01 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jay Nixon was sworn-in today as Missouri
nixonspeech
Listen to the above audio of Jay Nixon’s inauguration speech. Below, the text as prepared for delivery.
11.25.2008 9:27 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The governor's mansion
When Gov. elect Jay Nixon and wife Georganne move into the governor’s mansion early next year, they’ll find the residence in better shape than it was four years ago.
Though Gov. Matt Blunt and his First Lady Melanie spent plenty of…
08.20.2008 4:03 pm
Special to the Post-Dispatch
According to the governor’s office, First Lady Melanie Blunt has turned to eBay “in her efforts to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the historic Missouri Governor’s Mansion.
“The First Lady announced today that pieces of the mansion’s old…
08.16.2008 1:14 am
Special to the Post-Dispatch
Missouri’s First Lady Melanie Blunt on Friday today sent out a release that “highlighted continued progress on restoration work currently underway at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion, including efforts to restore the mansard roof for the historic home.”
“ ‘As part of the…