Gov. Nixon vetoes business tax breaks

Thursday, June 12, 2014

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a package of special sales tax breaks Wednesday for Missouri power companies, restaurants, computer data centers and others, setting up another showdown with a Republican-led Legislature that already has triumphed over him on a historic income-tax cut.

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