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March 1997 Stories

• 3/28/1997: News summary for the week of March 24, 1997.
• 3/27/1997: Radio Story - Missouri law makers voted NO to making parents submit a written approval for their child to take sex education classes.
• 3/27/1997: Radio Story - House accepts amendment to the health care budget that would keep state money for family planning from going to Planned Parenthood.
• 3/27/1997: Radio Story - The House passed the managed care bill after 9 days of debate.
• 3/27/1997: Newspaper Story - The House (135-19) passed the HMO regulation bill, which will now move on to the Senate.
• 3/27/1997: Newspaper Story - An amendment aimed at keeping state funds from abortion providers was passed in the House.
• 3/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Senate passes legislation to overhaul the state's welfare system.
• 3/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's only MD legislator attacks the attorney general for suing the tobacco industry.
• 3/26/1997: If lawmakers have their way prostitutes will have to undergo HIV tests upon conviction
• 3/26/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate passes implementation of welfare reform that will put a time limit on welfare recipients.
• 3/26/1997: Newspaper Story - The possibility of repealing the gambling loss limit fades.
• 3/25/1997: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate gave first round approval to a measure allowing courts to revoke licenses of deadbeat parents.
• 3/25/1997: Newspaper Story - State representatives were joined by about 50 high school journalists who were supporting a bill to give them more control over publication content.
• 3/25/1997: Radio Story - The House votes to give funds to stores that ran into problems with the state's new electronic deer hunting permits.
• 3/25/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed a bill that would allow revocation of driver's or professional licenses only if a court determined the ability to pay.
• 3/24/1997: Radio Story - Missouri representatives voted to make HMO's liable to medical malpractice lawsuits.
• 3/24/1997: Newspaper Story - The House votes to let consumers sue HMOs for medical malpractice.
• 3/24/1997: Radio Story - Construction unions oppose a bill to eliminate some asbestos removal safety regulations.
• 3/21/1997: News summary for the week of March 17, 1997.
• 3/20/1997: Radio Story - State lawmakers must decide whether or not the federal health insurance mandate will have a significan impact on the citizens of Missouri.
• 3/20/1997: Newspaper Story - The House voted by a 2-1 margin against an amendment to the HMO bill that would have required insurance companies to cover non-elective cosmetic surgery.
• 3/20/1997: Radio Story - Missouri House of Representatives welcomed new equipment earlier this week with open arms.
• 3/20/1997: Newspaper Story - AHouse Committee heard testimony on a bill that would require some sex offenders to be chemically castrated.
• 3/20/1997: Newspaper Story - The performance of partial birth abortions would be a second degree murder under legislation in the House.
• 3/19/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill may increase the time limit to receive welfare benefits.
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The American Association of Retired People meet at the Capitol to support health care bills.
• 3/19/1997: Radio Story - Proposed legislation would require bi-partisan representation in tax-payer supported research facilities
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The House took up the HMO regulation bill and added a direct access requirement to it.
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - A new version of the welfare reform bill making its way through the Senate limtis the amount of money the state can spend, regardless of how many people seek assistance.
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Children Committee approves a cooling-off period before getting married.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - The bill would require initiative petition circulators to be a registered voter in county for 15 days.
• 3/18/1997: Newspaper Story - A House committee heard several similar bills that would implement the federal Kennedy-Kassebaum Act on health care insurance.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - You'll have another ticket to talk your way out of if your pulled over and can't show an insurance card under a bill passed by Missouri Senate.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - Missouri legislators heard several house bills on how to enforce the Federal Kassebaum-Kennedy Act
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - With a proposed bill, the state could suspend a parent's professional or driver's license for not paying child support.
• 3/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Deadbeat parents would face the wrath of the state under legislation approved by the House.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - A 34 year veteran of the Missouri National Guard is appointed to a higher rank.
• 3/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Bill that requires parental consent for tattoo or body piercing of a child
• 3/17/1997: Radio Story - The senate perfects a measure to allow parole and probation officers to carry a badge and to carry a weapon
• 3/17/1997: Radio Story - A senate proposal would require massage therapists to be licensed before they could practice in Missouri.
• 3/17/1997: Radio Story - The Missouri House adopted a bill that creates tougher penalties for violating Missouri hunting statutes.
• 3/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Secretary of State Rebecca Cook is asking legislators to give her authority to investigate election fraud.
• 3/17/1997: Radio Story - People spoke out against a house bill to make English the official state language.
• 3/ 7/1997: News summary for the week of March 3, 1997.
• 3/ 6/1997: Radio Story - Needle Exchange program has been sent to the House floor by the Health Committee.
• 3/ 5/1997: Radio Story - House Committee heard partial birth abortion testimony.
• 3/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Senate votes to eliminate the annual auto-safety inspection.
• 3/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Water Patrol may gain more power to regulate the "Party Cove" in Lake of the Ozarks
• 3/ 5/1997: Radio Story - The Senate Education Committee hears the governor's proposed "Challenge Scholarship" proposal.
• 3/ 4/1997: Newspaper Story - The sponsor of the Senate wefare bill said he plans to meet with the Senate Minority Leader after next week's recess.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - After much debate, Missouri senators voted that abstinence be stressed in sex ed classes.
• 3/ 4/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate debated a section of SB 168 that requires schools to emphasize abstinence in sex education courses. Sen. Ken Jacob tried to remove the sex education section of the bill.
• 3/ 4/1997: Newspaper Story - The "Party Cove" at Lake of the Ozarks would face regulation if two representatives have their way.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - The Senate has begun debate over a bill that would ban law makers from accepting lobbyist gifts.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Native Americans say they deserve the right to practice their religion in state prisons.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers heard testimony from supporters of a bill that would allow hepatitus vaccinations for certain state workers.
• 3/ 4/1997: A bill that will terminate parental rights of convicted rapists has pro-life implications.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - A bill, passed out of the House Civil Committee, will terminate parental rights of a convicted rapist.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill would ban the party cove for safety reasons.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers heard plea from father of dead daughter for a tax cut on coffins.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - A House committee discussed a bill to pay to move welfare recipients to places where there are jobs.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - The House gave first round approval to a measure that prevents cities from providing its citizens with telephone services.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - The house committee on critical issues examines two initiatives dealing with assisted suicide.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - The Senate approves a measure would require phone companies to provide live operator access.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Legalization of industrial hemp production clears a House Committee.
• 3/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Senate President Pro Tem says he may not have the votes to eliminate gaming spending limits.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Although auto theft decreased slightly from last year, it's still costing the state big bucks.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Some 4-H students think Missouri needs a state fish as well as a state mammal and a state aquatic animal.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Bill sponsor predicts removing the daily loss limit for gambling boats is dead.