Missouri on Friday October 30, 2009

KS: Kansas official to lead Missouri's economic development
By The Associated Press, The Lawrence Journal-World
The Kansas secretary of commerce plans to cross state lines to lead economic development efforts in Missouri, which is prompting some Kansas legislators to question his loyalties in a key business-recruiting effort.
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MO: Budget cuts to trim 700 state workers
By Terry Ganey, Columbia Daily Tribune
About 200 full-time and nearly 500 part-time state workers will lose their jobs because of $204 million in budget cuts announced yesterday by Gov. Jay Nixon.
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MO: Jay Nixon hired Kansas commerce secretary to lead Missouri's economic development efforts
By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
David D. Kerr, commerce secretary for the state of Kansas, will shift his allegiances east and try to rev up the job market in Missouri.
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MO: University impact totals $7.5 million
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune
University of Missouri administrators are working to determine how state budget cuts will affect operations.
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MO: DNR demotes three managers in ongoing agency shuffle
By Terry Ganey, Columbia Daily Tribune
Three top officials of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources lost their management jobs late yesterday as part of a continuing shakeup of the agency.
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MO: Missouri MAP test may be the toughest state test in U.S., and it shows
By Joe Robertson, Kansas City Star
For all you Missouri students who sweated through that annual testing exercise known as the MAP, here's a bit of comfort: It may be the toughest state test in the nation.
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MO: Missouri environmental agency announces reorganization
By The Associated Press, Kansas City Star
Missouri's environmental agency has reorganized some of its divisions, with changes in some management positions.
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MO: Missouri DNR fires more officials
By Karen Dillon, Kansas City Star
Three top Missouri Department of Natural Resources administrators were dismissed in what some believe was continuing fallout over the E. coli controversy, officials said Thursday.
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Weekly wrap: Rating agency slams Conn. on borrowing
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Agency lowers Conn. credit outlook; federal broadband grants will be delayed a month; and confusion continues on stimulus job claims.
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