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Two senior members of the St. Louis legislative delegation proposed replacing the St. Louis City School Board with a panel appointed by the mayor.
The proposal was made to a joint legislative committee looking for ways to bring court-ordered school desegregation to a conclusion.
The committee chair said support from the two black lawmakers on the committee assured acceptance of the approach by his committee.
The day before, school officials told the committee they would need hundreds of millions of dollars more from the state to bring court-ordred desegregation to a conclusion.
See our newspaper story for complete details.
Missouri lawmakers were warned of years of protracted litigation if the state does not come up with extra funds for the St. Louis City school system.
The warning came at a legislative hearing on desegregation from the NAACP's attorney in the desegregation case.
Without a settlement, William Taylor warned, there would be no quick end to federal court intervention in city schools.
Later in Wednesday's hearing, city school officials presented a budget plan for a settlement that would cost at least $50 million per year in operating funds and $700 million in building construction.
See our newspaper story for background information on both the St. Louis and Kansas City school desegregation cases.
The director of Missouri's Natural Resources Department announced his regisation effeective at the start of 1998.
David Shorr had been director since 1993. He plans to practicee law with a private law office in Jefferson City.
Kansas City voters rejected higher sales taxes for roads and bridges. This is the fourth time in a decade voters have been asked to increase their taxes, and the fourth time they voted against the increase.
Many voters didn't feel the measure was even worth a trip to the polls. Only 13.8 percent of registered voters in Kansas City cast a ballot.
The measure to extend the existing sales tax for a transportation hub at Union Station was also voted down.
Republicans will have one more seat in the state House when the legislature resumes in January.
Voters in the 3rd House district of northwest Missouri elected Republican David Klindt to replace Democrat Phil Tate, D-Gallatin who had resigned this spring to take a job with the state's Economic Development Department.
The GOP victory brings Republicans just 6 votes short of a majority in the 163-member House.
See our radio story for more information.
St. Louis area voters defeated a sales-tax increase to provide more funds to operate and expand the rapid-rail system MetroLink.
Although preliminary figures showed the proposal barely passing in St. Louis City, the county handed the measure an overwhelming rejection.
Also rejected was a Kansas City sales tax proposal to raise more funds for roads for goverment building construction projects. Voters did approve, however, a $125 million bond issue for sewers.
Voters in several Missouri communities go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a variety of issues. In both Kansas City and St. Louis, voters will review tax-hike proposals.
In Kansas City, the issue is a one-half cent sales tax for capital improvements as well as a $125 bond issue for sewers.
In the St. Louis metro area, voters in both the city and county will vote on a one-quarter cent sales tax for the MetroLink rapid transit system.
Missouri ranked at the bottom of the list of states in a federal report on bridge conditions. More than 10,000 Missouri bridges were categorized as deficient.
But state highway officials say those figures are somewhat misleading -- that they do not mean the bridges are unsafe.
But the state Senate Transportation Committee chairman said he was surprised at the high percentage. Sen. Danny Staples said it would take a tax increase to fix all the bridges.
See our radio story for details.
The Kansas City defeated the Pittsburg Steelers 13-10 Monday night in a game that saw not a single point scored in the second half.
It could have been a costly victory for the Chiefs, however. Both the starting quarterback and tight end were forced to leave the game with injuries.
The MU Tigers assured itself of a winning season Saturday and improved the chances of a bowl bid by defeating Colorado 41-31 in Colorado. It will be the first winning season for the football tigers sicne 1983.
The next day, the Rams were defeated by Atlanta 34-31 when Atlanta kicked a field goal with just 2 seconds left in the game.