JEFFEFRSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon used the first State of the State address of his second term to pitch plans for increased education funding, Medicaid expansion and campaign finance reform here on Monday night.
Nixon, a Democrat, delivered his address to a joint session of the Missouri General Assembly dominated by a Republican supermajority that at times seemed less than enthused by Nixon’s proposed $25.7 billion state operating budget — especially his call for the state to join Medicaid expansion for some 250,000 low-income Missourians provided for under the federal Affordable Care Act and its $900 million price tag.
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