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10.14.2009 3:46 pm

Nixon keeps DNR director on sidelines until he is briefed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon is extending the suspension without pay of his director of Department of Natural Resources until the deputy director of the department completes his investigation into E. coli tests at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Two weeks…

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10.06.2009 12:05 pm

UPDATE: Sen. Brad Lager considers subpoena power in E. coli inquiry

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATE: DNR spokesman Travis Ford said the department has received the Senate committee’s letter seeking 134 specific e-mails and that he expects a resolution to the conflict over the e-mails by the end of today. The letter from the Senate committee…

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09.03.2009 4:06 pm

Sen. Joan Bray blasts Senate committee for E. coli “witch hunt”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — When Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, kicked off his Senate Commerce hearings on the E.-coli controversy, he said he wasn’t interested in an “investigation” or a “witch hunt.”

But that’s what it has become, charges Sen. Joan Bray, D-University…

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08.21.2009 5:39 pm

Senator, DNR at odds over investigation into E.-coli report

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — When Sen. Brad Lager convened his hearings to take a look into why DNR delayed a report about elevated E. coli levels in Lake of the Ozarks, he said he had the full cooperation of Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration.…

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03.28.2009 6:36 pm

Judge rules against Ameren in legal battle over TV ad

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — A federal judge today made sure Missouri Tigers fans who weren’t hitting the refrigerator during time outs were able to see television ads in opposition to a proposed new nuclear plant.

The ads were paid for by large…

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03.25.2009 6:39 pm

Tax credit debate continues to stall Quality Jobs bill in Senate

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon’s key jobs legislation continues to be stalled in the Missouri Senate as over a dispute about the state’s various tax credit programs.

The original intent of the bill, a priority of Nixon, Senate President Pro Tem…

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