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09.30.2009 1:33 pm

UPDATE: Nixon suspends DNR director; admits giving false information

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Templeton

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UPDATE: Read the full story on the Mother Ship.

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon today suspended his director of the Department of Natural Resources for passing him false information about beach closings at Lake of the Ozarks.

In a conference call…

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09.10.2009 11:23 am

UPDATE: Gov. Jay Nixon shakes up responsibilities of top staff

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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02.05.2009 11:34 am

Sen. Scott Rupp still taking hard line on Martinez nomination

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Martinez, left, and Rupp

Martinez, left, and Rupp

JEFFERSON CITY — The filibuster over Gov. Jay Nixon’s nominee for director of Missouri economic development is continuing and the issue is getting more heated.

Sen. Scott Rupp said on the floor of the Senate this morning that he is…

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11.07.2008 12:01 pm

Former Tennessee attorney general heads Nixon transition

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
Burson

Burson

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon reached outside state government to tap law professor Charles W. Burson as the head of the Nixon transition team.

The team will help Nixon pick his Cabinet heads and fill scores of other key posts, such as budget…

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