Nixon address focuses on education, jobs
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Gov. Jay Nixon stands behind the door to the Missouri House chamber waiting to be escorted in to deliver his State of the State address on Tuesday in Jefferson City.
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Gov. Jay Nixon speaks as Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder looks on during the State of the State address, delivered in a joint session of the Missouri legislature on Tuesday in Jefferson City. Nixon focused most of his speech on the economy and the creation of new jobs.
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Gov. Jay Nixon, flanked by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, receives applause during his speech.
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In his 2010 budget which will be delivered to both chambers tonight, Nixon proposed the elimination of more than 1,300 state government positions. Nixon called the planned cuts "the largest single reduction in the state's bureaucracy in modern history."
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Nixon reiterated his commitment to K-12 and higher education by pledging $3 billion to public classrooms and laying out his plan to keep funding for state universities at current levels. Under an agreement made with university presidents last week, tuition will be capped as long as state funding does not decrease.
