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Missouri Government News for Week of Jan. 4, 1999

Lawmakers propose a crack down on speeding truckers.

Two Missouri lawmakers proposed Monday legislation to impose a mandatory $1000 fine on speeding truckers.

The proposal was endorsed by the superintendent of Missouri's Highway Patrol and the president of the state's trucking association.

See our newspaper story for details.

A settlement is reached in the St. Louis school desegregation plan.

Parties in the 27-year St. Louis school desegregation case announced a tentative settlement Wednesday afternoon.

The settlement negotiations had been ordered months ago by the federal court as a means to resolve the case and terminate court oversight over school financees.

The agreement came on the same day that key state lawmakers warned that it was unlikely the legislature would "sweeten the pot" beyond the bill passed last year to assure the city school system would continue to get some of the state funds that had been ordered by the federal court.

Partisan attacks mark the beginning of Missouri's legislative session.

The 1999 session of Missouri's legislature began with an unsual note of partisan bickering Wednesday.

Just one-half hour before the session began, the House Republican Leader charged the state's Democratic governor with deliberately under-estimating how much revenue could be refunded to the taxpayers.

The House GOP has proposed a $330 million package of tax cuts. Several Democratic leaders, however, urged caution in dealing with tax cuts.

See our newspaper story and our radio story with digital audio for details.

Ashcroft not to run for president

Missouri's U.S. Senator John Aschroft announced Tuesday he will not run for the GOP nomination for president in 2000.

Instead, Ashcroft said he would concentrate his political efforts on his relection campaign that year.

Ashcroft is being challenged by Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan.