07.21.2009 2:10 pm

Nixon, Quinn toured Afghanistan, will return tomorrow

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Quinn and Nixon listen to a briefing in Afghanistan

JEFFERSON CITY — Ending his silence, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that he has spent the last two days meeting with troops in Afghanistan and will return to Missouri on Wednesday evening.

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Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, Jay Nixon, National Guard, Stephen Danner, Virginia Young

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02.02.2009 12:54 am

House Democrats to push military pay bill

By Virginia Young

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Two freshman Democrats – Reps. Stephen Webber and Jason Kander – have introduced a bill that would require the state to make up any loss in salary when state employees are deployed for military duty.

House Democrats will hold a news conference at 1…

Tags: Greg Kindle, Jason Kander, Jay Nixon, Lisa Kindle, National Guard, Stephen Webber

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