By AP/KWMU
Jefferson City, MO – A member of former Governor John Ashcroft's administration has been named to direct the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Governor Matt Blunt named Tom Deuschle to the job on Tuesday. The State Senate must approve his appointment.
Deuschle served as director of the Division of Employment Security under Ashcroft.
He most recently had been a regional Job Corps director for the U.S. Department of Labor.