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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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03.31.2009 8:20 pm

Disabled-care advocates rally at Ill. Gov’s Mansion

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…

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01.12.2009 2:01 pm

Listen: Nixon proclaims a “new day” for Missouri

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jay Nixon was sworn-in today as Missouri's 55th governor

Jay Nixon was sworn-in today as Missouri

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Listen to the above audio of Jay Nixon’s inauguration speech. Below, the text as prepared for delivery.

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11.25.2008 9:27 am

This old house: Blunts to leave mansion in better shape

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The governors mansion

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…

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08.20.2008 4:03 pm

UPDATED: Want a keepsake from the gov’s mansion? Check eBay

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…

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08.16.2008 1:14 am

Melanie Blunt hits the roof — part of her quest to restore it

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…

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