Gov. Jay Nixon's choice to run the Missouri Department of Economic Development resigned Thursday after the state Senate refused to approve his nomination.
Minutes after reaching an agreement to end a filibuster effort that lasted nearly 15 hours, the Missouri Senate endorsed legislation early Thursday that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws.
When it said Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green had to take evidence in two cases challenging the constitutionality of Missouri's newest congressional district lines, the state Supreme Court also said he had to issue his decision by Friday.
Members of the University of Missouri Board of Curators winced at the numbers they heard. A full 9 percent increase in tuition needed for the science and engineering campus at Rolla, three times the rate of inflation.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood hires lots of outside lawyers. They make a great deal of money for the state, and for themselves. Not everyone is happy with that situation.
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