JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon delivered a swift verdict when presented with a recent budget bill by legislators. He signed it into law, then he immediately judged a section on school funding to be unconstitutional and declared he would not follow it.
ANALYSIS: Nixon judges bill he signed as unconstitutional
Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 3:30 p.m. CDT;
updated 4:20 p.m. CDT, Sunday, April 18, 2010
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