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Overworked And Underfunded, Mo. Public Defender Office Assigns Case — To The Governor

1:44pm August 04, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Gov. Jay Nixon has denied funding increases and vetoed caseload caps for the state's badly overloaded public defender system. So the director is calling him in to help out with the backlog.

Submerged roads and houses are seen after several days of heavy rain led to flooding, in an aerial view over Union, Missouri, on Tuesday.

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'Dangerous' Missouri Flooding Expected To Worsen

3:36pm December 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Mississippi River Valley flooding has already caused the deaths of at least 18 people in Missouri and Illinois. The water is expected to rise to an all-time high, according to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.