For the second time in the last year, Gov. Jay Nixon is heading to Israel. Nixon is expected to travel to Israel on Nov. 15 to sign an agreement between the Missouri Technology Corporation, a state-run venture capital fund, and the Israel Innovation...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 28, 2016
With the sounds of a bustling Delmar Boulevard as the backdrop, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon helped cut the ribbon on Chabad’s newly refurbished facility near Old Bonhomme on Sunday.“The center will serve as a hub for programming throughout the St. Louis...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published September 21, 2016
It now appears that gun possession is protected more stringently than voting in Missouri.That may be a slight exaggeration, but not much. The Legislature last week overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s vetoes of 13 bills, including one allowing concealed weapon...
BY GIL HOFFMAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 30, 2016
JERUSALEM — On May 14, 1948, President Harry S Truman recognized the State of Israel, just 11 minutes after Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared its independence.Nearly 68 years later, another Missouri Democrat followed in the...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 8, 2012
Three members of the Missouri House of Representatives, all Democrats and all members of the informal "Jewish caucus" in the General Assembly, expressed a combination of frustration at being repeatedly blocked as they seek their legislative goals, and...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 22, 2011
At the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) meeting last week, Rep. Stacey Newman, D-73rd District, shared some "breaking news" that merited a round of applause from the council: She said that Gov. Jay Nixon had vetoed legislation that would have...
The majority Republican party in the Missouri General Assembly has caused passage of Senate Bill 3. which would require Missouri voters to present a non-expired government-issued photo ID in order to vote in elections. The bill now heads to the desk of...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2011
Rep. Jake Zimmerman may be a Democrat but he's sure of one thing about his new job."There is not a Democratic or Republican way to assess a house," he said. "There is just a right way."Zimmerman, 36, will get the chance to perfect that method as he serves...
