ST. LOUIS • In the saga of stadium lawsuits, the second suit just got interesting.
Attorney General Chris Koster has moved to dismiss from the case the lead defendant and chief stadium champion, Gov. Jay Nixon.
Two weeks ago, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, and five other state legislators sued Nixon and the public board that owns and operates the Edward Jones Dome to block state funding of the proposed $985 million football stadium in St. Louis.
The suit alleges that taxpayer money is “in the process of being spent illegally,” on “an illegal construction of a new NFL stadium.