Jay Nixon

Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is at odds with former U.S. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, who is trying to stop a group called No Labels from going outside traditional parties to field a presidential ticket.

Joplin Republican was the only person ever to serve as Missouri House speaker and Senate president pro tem.

Missouri's former governor is seriously looking at the 2022 campaign, though he could face issues with his party’s base for his handling as governor of the 2014 uprising in Ferguson.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum discusses the GOP primary for U.S. Senate with the Kansas City Star’s Jeanne Kuang and Jonathan Shorman.

In March, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against Branson-based televangelist Jim Bakker. His office alleged that Bakker had touted…

Updated at 10:10 a.m., March 5, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropping out of the presidential raceMissouri Democrats will have 22 candidates to choose from…

With a little more than two weeks to go before Democratic voters head to the polls for Missouri’s presidential primary, the remaining candidates are…

In the 18 months he has been in office, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has acted on just one of over 3,500 clemency cases. The Republican governor inherited a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 27, 2009 - Gov. Jay Nixon struck a bipartisan tone in his first state-of-the-state address…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 12, 2010 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Thursday that he was making another $126 million…