JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today called for nominations from Missourians to the Academy of Missouri Squires, a non-profit organization that honors Missourians for…
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Mike Parson has served as Missouri’s governor since June 2018.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Riding a wave of criticism towards Missouri’s largest university, Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that he would propose total higher education funding of…
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Five of the Republican candidates hoping to win the party nomination for governor gathered in Butler County to answer questions and…
St. Louis — When Gov. Jay Nixon announced a two-man task force last November charged with keeping the NFL in St. Louis and building a new stadium to do just that, the second-term governor appeared at first to be coming a little late to the party.
In November, Nixon announced that Dave Peacock, a former longtime Anheuser-Busch executive and top-tier attorney Bob Blitz would be tackling the job of keeping St. Louis an NFL city, and almost certainly building a high-end stadium to meet that goal.
The move seemed late with the Rams rapidly approaching the end of their lease in the Edward Jones Dome until word later leaked that the office of Mayor Francis Slay, Peacock, and others had begun quietly working for a new stadium more than one year before Nixon’s announcement.
The details rolled in quickly enough. The new stadium would be downtown on the riverfront, a few blocks from the existing Dome. It was planned for a blighted area, a kind of massive single redevelopment, knocking down more than 50 mostly dilapidated buildings in a sweeping change for one of downtown’s roughest areas. Early during the process, Nixon’s task force appeared to be steaming along nicely. Nixon’s office announced deals with Ameren and the local train authorities to move tracks and power lines, St. Louis labor leaders announced 24-hour construction schedules to speed up the build time, the governor announced his intention to secure matching funds from both the NFL and team ownership.
For a little less than $1 billion, St. Louis could have its new stadium. But in politics the devil is nearly always in the details.
Collin Reischman was the Managing Editor for The Missouri Times, and a graduate of Webster University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A man sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole was released today after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Development Finance Board voted 11 to one Tuesday to approve $50 million in tax credits over the next three…
CALGARY, Alta. – Gov. Jay Nixon held a conference call Tuesday afternoon from Alberta to discuss with reporters his three-day tour of the Canadian province. Nixon…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon sent a letter thanking the Missouri Bar Association for its support of his veto of two pieces of…