Governor Jay Nixon will be in Maryville Thursday. His office says Nixon will address the Northwest Missouri State Board of Regents on the subject of college affordability and his Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal for higher education.

It’s part of the governor’s continuing efforts to make Missouri a leader in college affordability.

He has proposed a significant funding increase for Missouri’s public four-year universities in his Fiscal Year 2015 budget.

Nixon is also once again calling on those institutions to freeze tuition for Missouri undergraduates.