Standing next to an antique 1951 John Deere Model A tractor on the South Lawn of the State Capitol, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon today signed HB 93 & 216, a bill to make tractor parades in Missouri legal. Gov. Nixon was joined at the signing by bill sponsor state Rep. Mike Thomson of Maryville; by state Sen. Frank Barnitz of Lake Spring, who handled the bill in the Senate; by Jon Hagler, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture; and by Col. James Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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