JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon has changed the supervisory responsibilities of some of his top staff members, including removing chief of staff John Watson as the liaison for the Department of Natural Resources.

On Sept. 1, Nixon signed an executive order assigning…

Everyone in Jefferson City knows that Gov. Jay Nixon is a rabid Tiger fan — he even predicted Mizzou would make the NCAA Tournament.

It’s no secret, than, who he’ll be rooting for when the basketball team opens up tournament play…

JEFFERSON CITY — Take your pick of old Chicago subway cons: the shell game or three-card Monte. One or the other will be offering direction to the Missouri Legislature and Gov. Jay Nixon as they decide how to spend the federal…

JEFFERSON CITY — Have an idea on how to spend part of Missouri’s $4 billion share of the federal stimulus money?

Gov. Jay Nixon — or his staff, anyway — wants to hear from you. The governor today launched a new Web…

Donnelly

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon has already hired one of the runner-ups in the Democratic primary for attorney general.

Now, he’s got a job for the second place winner.

Former State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, who narrowly lost the party’s nomination to be the state’s lead…

Nixon

As I wrote in my column on the mother ship today, the two court-appointed attorneys involved in the case seeking to determine if the office of Gov. Matt Blunt violated Sunshine Law, want to see the law made stronger. One of…

City Sprouts, on the Delmar Loop

Facing austere unemployment figures and a looming budget deficit, Gov-elect. Jay Nixon picked an unlikely backdrop to introduce his choice to the lead the Department of Economic Development: the delightfully pacifying pastels of City Sprouts,…

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon is making sure some Missouri politicians who lost election efforts in November (and August) are keeping busy.

Today, Nixon announced his full transition staff and various transition deputy directors that will help him fill Cabinet positions and prepare…

Nobody in politics would blame state Reps. Jeff Harris and Margaret Donnelly for sitting on the sidelines for an election cycle after losing a hard-fought and bitter Democratic primary for attorney general to Chris Koster.

Since the primary, other than Donnelly’s flirtation…

Democratic attorney general nominee Chris Koster ventured into hostile territory today, and the audience had some tough questions for the Republican-turned Democrat.

Koster gave his pitch to Democrats gathered in Columbia for the Muleskinners Club, the political home base of Koster’s…