KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All six of Missouri's living governors gathered Friday to tout their administrations' economic development accomplishments and discuss the importance of building trade relationships with foreign countries.
Gov. Jay Nixon said it was the first time he had and past Govs. Kit Bond, John Ashcroft, Roger Wilson, Bob Holden and Matt Blunt had appeared together. Nixon said the largest previous gathering was when five of the governors attended the 2009 funeral of former Gov. Warren Hearnes, who served from 1965 to 1973.
