Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 4:22 pm
Jay Nixon (D) has been sworn in for his second and final four-year term as Missouri Governor.
Averting big, abrupt tax increases and spending cuts isn’t the only issue pressing in Washington this week.
The U.S. Senate may soon move to fundamentally change the way it does business, and Missouri’s two senators are on opposing sides of that debate.
Congress has given final approval to new oversight requirements for wartime contracting that had been sought by Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.