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December 2000 Stories

• 12/15/2000: News summary for the week of December 11, 2000
• 12/13/2000: Newspaper Story - Accreditation of the state's urban schools tops the education issues confronting Missouri's next governor and legislative session.
• 12/11/2000: Newspaper Story - Gov.-elect Bob Holden and the legislature face a $24.5 billion funding question when next year's legislative session begins. MoDOT is turning over the funding of its 20-year long-range plan to the legislature and Missouri voters -- leaving some skeptical that the plan will ever be fully funded.
• 12/ 8/2000: News summary for the week of December 4, 2000
• 12/ 7/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Senator, Paula Carter, proposes a law that would allow early voting at the polls.
• 12/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Late tax payers will pay more in Missouri.
• 12/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - Democratic Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell has taken on the role of peacekeeper between Republicans and Democrats as the leaders of both parties continue to negotiate an agreement to share control of the virtually tied state Senate.
• 12/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - Sales on the Internet are taking off, especially in this holiday season, but they could harm state and local tax coffers.
• 12/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - Voters frequently tell their lawmakers to live within their means, but those means are uncertain for next year's legislators.
• 12/ 7/2000: Radio Story - While 18 states have adopted legislation lowering blood alcohol content to .08, Missouri's resistance has cost over 3 million in tax payer dollars.
• 12/ 6/2000: Newspaper Story - Groups on both sides of the abortion issue said they have problems with Tuesday's ruling clarifying Missouri's ban on partial-birth abortions.
• 12/ 6/2000: Newspaper Story - In a press conference today governor-elect announced key appointments to his administration, including chief of staff and cheif counsel.
• 12/ 6/2000: Radio Story - In prefiled legislation, Senator Stephen Stoll has asked for Bird Day to be revived in Missouri.
• 12/ 4/2000: Radio Story - O.L. Shelton and Quincy Troupe disagree over the 4th Senatorial District.
• 12/ 4/2000: Radio Story - The NAACP tried to rally at the statehouse in protest of the Presidential election; however, few people braved the cold, November day.
• 12/ 4/2000: Newspaper Story - While the battle for the White House may be galvanizing the country, it failed to draw much of a crowd for a Missouri NAACP rally on the steps of the statehouse Monday.
• 12/ 4/2000: Newspaper Story - A recent report that ranks Missouri higher education institutions among the worst in the nation has education officials questioning accuracy of the study.
• 12/ 4/2000: Radio Story - The Secretary of State certified election results for all races.
• 12/ 4/2000: Radio Story - Governor Roger Wilson signed all documents paving the way for Jean Carnahan to fill Mel Carnahan's seat in the U.S. Senate
• 12/ 1/2000: News summary for the week of November 27, 2000