Jay Nixon News

Schuyler County Sheriff Josh Dole has submitted his letter of resignation to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation Tuesday that includes the review and revision of the state's reading and math curriculum in K-12 schools.

For the second time in as many years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined a major payday lender.

Charity groups that serve underprivileged families and women in crisis pregnancies are calling on the General Assembly to override the veto by Governor Jay Nixon of House Bill 1132.

As we get older, our doctors seem to get younger. Doctors that used to seem like wise elder sages now look like kids you would hire to mow your lawn.

Pro-Russian rebels turned over black box recorders from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and released a train filled with hundreds of bodies collected from the crash site near Donetsk.

For many years, as state revenue has fluctuated and stagnated, the Missouri Lottery has been a welcome outlier, a dependable, sometimes surging revenue stream that rarely failed to post record profits.

Missouri will have a strengthened Right to Keep and Bear Arms provision on the August 5th ballot.

Jay Nixon, the two-term Democratic governor of Missouri, is visiting Iowa Tuesday.

Efforts to free Jeff Mizanskey, Missouri's only prisoner serving life without parole for marijuana charges, are continuing with an online fundraiser that seeks to raise money for a media blitz that would aim to persuade Gov. Jay Nixon to grant clemency.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told Eastern Jackson County leaders that sales tax cuts passed by legislators could cost cities in the area dearly, The Independence Examiner reports.

Gov. Gary Herbert has requested a careful review process of the Common Core education standards.

Return of Polar Vortex to Trigger Midwest Storms, Chill ST. LOUIS, MO, , July 13, 2014 - While the effect of the July sun and warm landscape will cancel some of the cool air, it will become surprisingly cool in the Midwest during what is typically the hottest time of the year.

The Sixth Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the office of Associate Circuit Judge, Division 4 of the Sixth Judicial Circuit , to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of James W. Van Amburg, to the office of circuit judge.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed an updated self-storage lien law on July 11 that expands tenant default-notification options, enables value limitations on stored items, and allows for towing of abandoned vehicles.

Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday vetoed legislation to exempt e-cigarettes from laws, regulations and taxes applied to the tobacco industry.

With more vetoes still likely, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon already has set a record for vetoes during his tenure V with 31 amassed so far for this year's legislative session.

A week ago, the state of Washington joined Colorado as the only two states in the country where purchase of recreational marijuana is legal.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that Kansas City information technology firm ECCO Select Corp. is slated to start a $1.04 million expansion of its local headquarters.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that Kansas City information technology firm ECCO Select Corp. is slated to start a $1.04 million expansion of its local headquarters.