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February 1996 Stories

• 2/29/1996: House committee hears bill to decriminalize homosexual acts.
• 2/28/1996: Farmers complain DNR doesn't report all pollution spills that endanger livestock.
• 2/28/1996: Secretary of State charges Lloyd's of London with securites fraud.
• 2/28/1996: Missouri legislators stall on HMO bills, while the medical community and insurance industry continue to bicker.
• 2/28/1996: The House Judiciary and Ethics Committee aproved changes in Missouri's Sunshine law.
• 2/27/1996: House rejects speed deal.
• 2/27/1996: A bill approved by Senate would toughen restrictions on sex offenders.
• 2/26/1996: Five-hour Senate filibuster forces deal on speed-limit bill.
• 2/26/1996: Filibuster forces Senate to compromise on speed limits.
• 2/26/1996: Senate filibuster forces speed-limit compromise.
• 2/26/1996: Petition campaign launched against death penalty.
• 2/23/1996: Latest statehouse news summary headlines as of Feb. 16
• 2/22/1996: Senate delays vote on lobbyist gift ban.
• 2/22/1996: Lawmaker pushes government ban on foreign languages.
• 2/22/1996: A look at the pros and cons of making vehicular manslaughter a Class B felony.
• 2/22/1996: A House bill would force nursing homes to describe what special Alzheimer's care includes.
• 2/21/1996: Truckers would get fatter pay checks with faster speeds.
• 2/21/1996: Senate delays action on speed-limit bill.
• 2/21/1996: Higher Education budget clears Appropriations Committee unchanged.
• 2/21/1996: Lobbyists say what they think of a bill before the house that would ban gifts to legislators.
• 2/21/1996: Senate approves letting MU Curators set their own attendance requirements.
• 2/20/1996: House-Senate conference committee rejects higher highway speeds approved by the Senate.
• 2/20/1996: Senator Staples, sponsor of the speed limit bill, is opposed to raising speed limits.
• 2/20/1996: Urban-rural clash threatens sales tax for soil & parks.
• 2/20/1996: Conference version of the speed limit bill hits opposition in the Senate.
• 2/20/1996: Missouri farmers rally for stricter regulations of the hog industry
• 2/20/1996: In effort to stall regulatory measures on HMOs, Senate President Pro Tem asked colleagues to form a packaged health care plan.
• 2/20/1996: Committee hears bill to give fired employees a reason to find out why.
• 2/20/1996: Deadline passes for legislature to veto proposed education standards.
• 2/16/1996: Latest statehouse news summary headlines as of Feb. 16
• 2/15/1996: Radio Story - Morticians want their own guidelines to become state law.
• 2/14/1996: Fear of snakes prompts bill to legalize killing the things.
• 2/14/1996: State legislators are debating the best ways to make Missouri's schools safer.
• 2/14/1996: Full-Time Phelps considers leaving Texas to run in Missouri.
• 2/14/1996: Full-time Bill Phelps is coming back.
• 2/14/1996: Subcommittee fails to find compromise on abortion.
• 2/14/1996: Effort at compromise on abortion fails.
• 2/13/1996: School standards appear safe from legislative veto.
• 2/13/1996: The governor's "Safe Schools" plan passes House committee despite Republican opposition.
• 2/13/1996: Senate puts aside lobby-gift ban.
• 2/13/1996: College deadbeats would lose licenses under House proposal.
• 2/13/1996: Legislators propose tougher penalties against uninsured drivers.
• 2/13/1996: What's an HMO that's getting so much legislative attention.
• 2/13/1996: Main provisions in the various HMO bills.
• 2/13/1996: Complaints about HMOs prompt legislative action.
• 2/12/1996: House approves minimum hospital stay for new mothers.
• 2/12/1996: Governor's Safe Schools plan approved by committee.
• 2/ 9/1996: Statehouse news summary for the week of Feb. 5
• 2/ 9/1996: Juvenile workers question value of governor's Safe Schools plan.
• 2/ 9/1996: Rural legislators trying again to impose environmental regulations on large livestock plants.
• 2/ 9/1996: Infobox on livestock plant regulation bills that have been filed.
• 2/ 8/1996: House Ways & Means approves food sales tax cut.
• 2/ 8/1996: Process debate derails speed-limit debate in Senate.
• 2/ 8/1996: Sales tax cut on food approved by House Committee.
• 2/ 8/1996: House rejects raising taxes to pay for child immunization.
• 2/ 7/1996: Labor pushing for ban on hiring replacement workers.
• 2/ 7/1996: Blue Cross profit-making plans run into legislative questions.
• 2/ 7/1996: Blue Cross Blue Shield asks legislature to allow it to become profit making.
• 2/ 7/1996: Senate protests state plan to restrict flood protection work.
• 2/ 7/1996: Senate Education Committee rejects changing school-standards law.
• 2/ 7/1996: Abortion restriction bill tossed to subcommittee in search of a compromise.
• 2/ 6/1996: Docs rally to demand HMO regulation.
• 2/ 6/1996: House approves creating Department of Aging
• 2/ 5/1996: Statewide voter registration system announced by secretary of state.
• 2/ 5/1996: Where to cut rather than whether to cut becomming major tax issue before lawmakers.
• 2/ 5/1996: Speed limit bill sponsor threatens to kill bill if Senate raises urban speeds.
• 2/ 5/1996: Governor's speed limit bill runs into trouble in the state Senate.
• 2/ 5/1996: Proposals filed to give corporate polluters a break.
• 2/ 2/1996: Governor's Safe Schools plan approved by committees.
• 2/ 2/1996: House & Senate committees approve stronger child-immunization bills.
• 2/ 2/1996: House committee approves 1/4 cent sales tax cut.
• 2/ 2/1996: Statehouse news summary for the week of Jan. 29
• 2/ 1/1996: State charges some businesses not checking safety of their drinking water.