Lawmakers differ about tax proposal

According to Jay Carney , everyone in the White House knew about the big IRS scandal for a few weeks before it went public. Everyone except the president, because this whole month has been a season-long plot arc on HBO's Veep. (Speaking of, where's ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Proposed changes for the unemployment compensation program awaiting action by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon are designed to avoid a several hundred million dollar price tag, and they could make it harder for workers to receive ...

Jefferson City -Gov. Jay Nixon's priority legislation, for the state to accept federal Medicaid funding, failed, but is expected to return next year. The Republican-dominated Senate refused to accept about $900 million from the federal government to ...

Missouri senators are working on a back-up plan for funding programs that would be threatened if Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes the Legislature's repeal of a tax credit program for low-income elderly and disabled renters. On Monday, the Senate Veterans ...

President Barack Obama: Benghazi, IRS scandal signal rise of second-term curse. ? Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon: Medicaid expansion, Nixon's #1 agenda item, already ancient history. Must stare down major Kansas-style tax cut bill. DMV funding still an ...

In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon's spokesman. Carney only has to use the word "inoperative," as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved ...

JEFFERSON CITY --The Missouri Legislature is sending a bill to Gov. Jay Nixon that would make public employee unions ask their members each year if they want to continue being members. With the legislative session entering its final days, the ...

JEFFERSON CITY --Missouri lawmakers want Gov. Jay Nixon to decide which is more important to the state budget: support for low-income seniors or programs for children with developmental disabilities. The Legislature adopted a nearly $25 billion ...

Gov. Jay Nixon visited Windsor High School on Tuesday to recognize the Henry County R-I School District for its academic excellence and announce progress toward his goal of giving every student in Missouri the opportunity to earn an A+ Scholarship.