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February 1997 Stories

• 2/28/1997: News summary for the week of February 24, 1997.
• 2/28/1997: Radio Story - State Legislature proposed to implement a needle exchange program through the health department.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - HMO reform bills were sent to both the senate and house floors. If passed into law the bill will implement drastic changes in managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate Committee on Aging, Families and Mental Health heard testimony on the managed care regulation package.
• 2/27/1997: Newspaper Story - House and Senate committees overwhelmingly voted for the HMO regulation bills drafted by the joint interim committee on managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - HMO house and senate bills were sent to house and senate floors on the same day. If passed into law, drastic changes can be expected in Managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - Missouri legislative comittees have sent HMO reform bills to the floor.
• 2/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawsuits continue to hold up tax refunds to Missourians.
• 2/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Background feature on legislation to terminate parental rights of rapists.
• 2/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Anti-death penalty advocates hold mock execution in Capitol rotunda.
• 2/26/1997: Radio Story - A proposed measure would require pre-marriage counseling or a waiting period to get married.
• 2/26/1997: Newspaper Story - House approves restricting HMOs from refusing to include doctors in their plans.
• 2/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Legislators hear testimoney on bill to require college faculty to pass English fluency tests.
• 2/26/1997: Radio Story - Feature on the legislative debate over partial birth abortions
• 2/26/1997: Radio Story - A Senate bill would punish under age riverboat casino gamblers.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill would remove minor parties from Missouri ballots.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - Handicapped couple supports bill that allows the handicapped to issue citations to cars parked illegally in handicap space.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - The House rejects a proposal to let St. Louis area residents have another vote on the region's transportation tax.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - Some Missouri legislators want to give high school students the opportunities to exercise free speech.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - GTE and AT&T have been given the green light to begin offering phone service in Columbia
• 2/25/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Ways and Means committee heard extensive testimony on a bill to open up gambling in Missouri.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - Casino industry urges lawmakers to repeal limits on how much a gambler can lose per day.
• 2/25/1997: Newspaper Story - The state gives AT&T and MCI to compete with GTE in providing local phone service.
• 2/21/1997: News summary for the week of February 17, 1997.
• 2/24/1997: Radio Story - The House passes legislatin to allow nursing homes to care for mentally ill patients.
• 2/24/1997: Radio Story - The Senate approves allowing clean records for some convicted felons.
• 2/24/1997: Radio Story - Several abortion rights activists spoke out at a Public Health and Welfare Committee hearing on Monday. They spoke in opposition to a bill sponsored by Senator Harry Wiggins.
• 2/20/1997: A House committee approves tougher enforcement of child support.
• 2/20/1997: Radio Story - The house voted 144 to 0 to pass the 3% sales tax cut on groceries.
• 2/20/1997: Newspaper Story - The House sends the grocery tax cut to the Senate.
• 2/20/1997: Newspaper Story - The House majority leader eases her proposal to give lawmakers more power over MU's budget.
• 2/20/1997: Radio Story - Feature on the House majority leader's opposition to the Senate idea to repeal campaign contribution limits.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - Bill proposed to require smoke detectors in apartments, hotels and homes.
• 2/19/1997: Radio Story - The Senate passes an increase in the legislative expense allowance.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate approves a hike in the legislative expense allowance.
• 2/19/1997: It would be a crime to harass a fisherman under a bill approved by the House Parks Committee.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The first copy of Missouri legislation in braille was presented.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - Adoptees urge lawmakers to give them more access to records about their natural parents.
• 2/18/1997: Welfare reform implementation sent to the full Senate.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - Bill being considered that would allow handicapped to give citations to drivers illegally parked in handicapped space.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker proposes making it easier to remove parties from the election ballot.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - The Senate passes legislation to restrict release of driver's license information.
• 2/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Legislative committee hears testimoney on proposal to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.
• 2/18/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Budget Committee voted 16-15 against a proposed increase in their daily expense allowance.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - The Missouri House Budget Committee voted down an increase in the money they receive to cover their expenses.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - Some state lawmakers want to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - Alzheimer's Assocation member urges lawmakers to make it easier to strip driver's licenses from impaired drivers.
• 2/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Salvage yard owner protests condemnation powers being used for a riverboat gambling project.
• 2/17/1997: Radio Story - House Higher Education Committee voted to begin debate on governor's scholarship program.
• 2/17/1997: Radio Story - AIDS victim urges tougher laws against spreading HIV.
• 2/17/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers urged to legalize and promote industrial hemp production.
• 2/14/1997: News summary for the week of February 10, 1997.
• 2/14/1997: Radio Story - Several St. Louis city legislatures want to find out the reason behind the possible departure.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - Several St. Louis representatives say St. Louis can't afford to lose another company as large as Ralston Purina.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - Indepth feature on the emergency-care with HMO regulation before the House Critical Issues Committee.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - House passes the governor's proposed sales tax cut on groceries.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill will require welfare recipients to be finger printed in order to receive aid.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - St. Louis lawmaker proposes tax break to keep Ralston Purina in St. Louis.
• 2/12/1997: Radio Story - A bill to ban partial birth abortions passed in the Senate.
• 2/12/1997: Legislators proposes legalizing production of hemp in Missouri.
• 2/12/1997: Newspaper Story - Critics charge bill to crackdown on deadbeat dads treats men as "sperm donors with checkbooks."
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Construction associations are calling for more funding for road repair.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Background feature on a senate bill that would limit what legislators can accept from lobbiests.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Witnesses urge committee to pass HMO regulation.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Governor's office voices support for managed care regulation.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Business organizations testify against the HMO regulation bill.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Funding for levee repair could come from the parks and soils sales tax.
• 2/10/1997: Radio Story - House committee approved a three percent cut in sales tax on groceries.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Former U.S. Senator urges state to continue funding ordered by courts under desegregation.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers propose regulating bounty hunters.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Critical Issues Committee listened to eight hours of testimony on the managed care regulation package.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor's tax cut on goceries is approved by the House Ways & Means Committee.
• 2/ 9/1997: Newspaper Story - MU lobbying tactic draws fire from top legislative leader.
• 2/ 8/1997: TV Story - Rural and urban legislators are battling over pickups.
• 2/ 7/1997: News summary for the week of February 3, 1997.
• 2/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate's special welfare committee chair calls for going slow on welfare reform implementation.
• 2/ 6/1997: Radio Story - Legislation proposed to replace court-ordered desegregation payments for urban schools.
• 2/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - Hookers would be tested under a bill proposed to Missouri lawmakers.
• 2/ 6/1997: Radio Story - Needle Exchange program has been sent to the House floor by the Health Committee.
• 2/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Universal health care bill presented to lawmakers with large tax hikes included.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker considers resigning after being arrested for drunken driving.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill that would increase legislators' daily expense allowance.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - Professor helps inner city youth cope with death of friend through art.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - A bill would make mandatory HIV testing for convicted prostitution.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Last year's federal welfare reform act has given Missouri new powers to shape public aid in the state.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Opposition emerges to the governor's plan to cut taxes on groceries.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Background on legislation to regulate billboards in Missouri.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker proposes task force to help children with parents in prison.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers consider letting teens on court juries.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers hear proposal to allow more billboards along the highways.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - The legislature and the Social Services department are gearing up to control the welfare reform proposlas in the state.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - The changes in the food stamp programs are already being felt in some parts of Missouri.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - In his State of the State address, Gov. Carnahan emphasized crime, education and day care.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - 1997 Anti-Abortion Bill
• 2/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Bill would ban credit card machines on gambling boats.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmaker urges ban on credit-card loans on gambling boats.