This word cloud shows the 150 words that were used the most in Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State speech — the larger the word, the more times it was said. Nixon said “Missouri” 66 times. Or is that, “Missour-AH”?

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Gov. Jay Nixon doesn’t want to be much like former Gov. Matt Blunt.

But Nixon is following the tradition of many Missouri governors before him — he has invited citizens who illustrate parts of his speech to sit in and get…

Nixon delivers his first State of the State address

Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State has contained few surprises, but one nice promise (at least for the press corps) was saying an open and accountable government is a Missouri principle.

As…

Jay Nixon and his wife Georgeanne wave to onlookers in the inaugural parade.

Missouri politics afficionados who aren’t in Jefferson City will be pleased to hear that Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State address will be posted online here. I’m…

Kinder

Further affirming his place as the Missouri Republican Party’s standard-bearer, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will deliver the GOP response to Jay Nixon’s first State of the State address.

It’s a tricky assignment for Kinder — often, the responses are red-meat partisan parries offering…