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February 2000 Stories

• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - A house bill will make allow Missouri's disabled to better use technology.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - The same day St. Louis Senator Lacy Clay announced his candidacy for US Congress he sparked debate over racial profiling under drunk driving legislation.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - The House Corrections Committee continues to hear testimony regarding private prisons.
• 2/29/2000: Newspaper Story - A bill raising legislators' salaries by $1500 for the next year passed the Senate, with 80% of the lawmakers voting in favor of it.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - Sen. Joe Maxwell says a retroactive raise is not given to all state employees, so it shouldn't be given to legislators.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Danny Staples says he will not allow any license plate bills in his committee to reach the Senate floor in response to abortion debate over a "Respect Life" license plate.
• 2/29/2000: Newspaper Story - Candidates descended on Jefferson City to file for the August party primary in Missouri. Governor and U.S. Senator are up for grabs.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - With a busload of supporters with him, Lacy Clay filed for candidacy in the first Congressional district of Missouri.
• 2/28/2000: Newspaper Story - One Senator is trying to make the sun burn a little hotter on government officials who do not cooperate with the law.
• 2/28/2000: Newspaper Story - Various agencies reached an agreement whether mentally retarded people should be excluded from receiving the death penalty.
• 2/28/2000: Radio Story - Representative Morris Westfall has proposed a bill that would make the Conservation Department responsible for damages caused by elk. There are no wild elk in Missouri, but a study is being conducted to see if the state has a suitable habitat for the animal.
• 2/28/2000: Newspaper Story - A bill currently under review in the state legislature would clean up solvents at abandoned dry cleaning sites, but might indirectly affect the consumer.
• 2/28/2000: Newspaper Story - Today, if you get an insurance plan in Missouri you might get Viagra for free, if you need it. Some legislators want to cut down the consequences of this requiring insurance firms to cover contraceptives.
• 2/25/2000: News summary for the week of Feb. 21, 2000
• 2/24/2000: Radio Story - Missouri House Democrats dominated a vote that blocked Republicans from making a single amendent to a bill. The bill creates a trust fund for the tobacco settlement money.
• 2/24/2000: Radio Story - With less than one year left on his term, Jay Nixon says he is most proud of restoring respect to the Atttorney General's Office.
• 2/24/2000: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon plans to spend his last year in office fighting methamphetamine in Missouri.
• 2/24/2000: Radio Story - Debate began after Republican Rolla Senator Sarah Steelman proposed creating a "Respect Life" license plate supporting the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion support fund.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - Harmon, Eagleton, and Danforth testified before a House committee Wednesday.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - The House Committee on Transportation approved a bill that would rename the St. Louis part of Highway 64 after the Rams MVP. The bill's sponsor hasn't talked to Warner yet.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - A bill currently under review by a House committee would prohibit cities and other political entities from suing gun manufacturers.
• 2/23/2000: Newspaper Story - Supporters, opponents spoke in the Capitol debating two ERA bills in the General Assembly.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - Former U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton testifies for a bill to impose a moratorium similar to Illinois'.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - The bill would order businesses that sell booze to post a sign warning that alcohol may cause birth defects. But, there are no penalties for businesses that don't post a sign.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - Some Missouri lawmakers say allowing police to pull drivers over for not wearing their seat belt would encourage more people to buckle up.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - The House Correctional Committee heard testimony at giving hope to prisoners serving life sentences without parole.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - Truckers protest rising diesel prices in the nations capital. OPEC has increased the price of crude oil since it cut production last year. A Missouri Representative says it's time we try something else.
• 2/22/2000: Newspaper Story - Missouri taxpayers would pay for diet control drugs for Medicaid recipients under a proposal before state lawmakers.
• 2/22/2000: Newspaper Story - Governor Mel Carnahan said capital punishmeni is applied fairly in Missouri and he won't support a change in the actual policy unless cases are found to have been wrongly judged.
• 2/22/2000: Newspaper Story - Mothers Against Drunk Driving unveiled a new billboard campaign advocating the legal blood alcohol content for motorists. Also, Gov. Mel Carnahan came out in favor of a law that would allow police to pull over drivers who they can see are not wearing a seatbelt.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - The only black Republican legislator says the law could be used as an excuse for racial profiling.
• 2/21/2000: Radio Story - Senator Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis is sponsoring a bill that would restrict high-cost home loans.
• 2/21/2000: Newspaper Story - In Missouri Republican politics, the runner-up will walk away empty-handed if he comes in a close second.
• 2/21/2000: Radio Story - The House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would require bail bonding agents and private investigators to have special training and to follow specific procedures.
• 2/18/2000: News summary for the week of Feb. 14, 2000
• 2/17/2000: Radio Story - The bill gives legislators power to approve road and transportation funding plans.
• 2/17/2000: Radio Story - Mexico Senator Joe Maxwell says his bill will give stiff penalties for defrauding and intimidating senior citizens.
• 2/16/2000: Newspaper Story - While skipping across the United States on campaign tours, two of the four major Presidential candidates have completely leaped over Missouri.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis School District Superintendent Cleveland Hammons testified before the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.
• 2/15/2000: Newspaper Story - A House bill seeks to mandate training for all succesful candidates for county sheriff before they take office.
• 2/15/2000: Newspaper Story - Persons with two or more drunk-driving convictions may have to adorn their car with a sticker, which announces to the world their prior violations.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - Respresentative Jack Hickey sponsors a bill to construct a memorial for workers killed in Missouri construction projects.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - The Missouri House voted against an effort to move more of the state's highway construction budget into metropolitan areas.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - A bill was introduced requiring repeat drunk driving offenders to place a sticker on their car.
• 2/15/2000: Newspaper Story - Rep. Tom Hoppe is proposing a bill that would make illegal for persons under age 18 to possess cigarettes.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - Benjamin Demps told the House Education Committee his school district is working to become accredited.
• 2/14/2000: Radio Story - A House Committee on Domestic Violence held a press conference to talk about Missouri's need to address the issue.
• 2/14/2000: Radio Story - The warm winter is keeping highway costs down for Missouri taxpayers. Farrah Fite has the story from Jefferson City.
• 2/14/2000: Radio Story - Legislator David Levin has proposed a bill that would make it illegal for businesses to request fingerprints, retina scans and DNA tests.
• 2/14/2000: Newspaper Story - In Valentine's Day, it was time to talk a bit about domestic violence in the House.
• 2/11/2000: News summary for the week of Feb. 7, 2000
• 2/10/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Senator Harry Wiggins says volunteer athletic officials need to be protected from abusive parents.
• 2/10/2000: Radio Story - The bill covers an assortment of computer crimes, from privacy to pornography.
• 2/ 9/2000: Newspaper Story - Currently, it is illegal for the University of Missouri to charge tuition.
• 2/ 9/2000: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers in the House and Senate Transportation committees were heavily critical of the Highway Patrol in a session to lower the speed limits of trucks.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers look at a bill that would legalize ticket scalping in the state.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Several lobbyists spoke in favor of a resolution that would increase term limits to 12 years from 8.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Republican Senator Peter Kinder wants to allow private institutions to charter public schools.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - The Missouri Census Bureau is looking for people that can speak Spanish to help conduct this year's count.
• 2/ 8/2000: Newspaper Story - A virtual auction house pulled the plug Friday on a Missouri man who was trying to sell such domain names as www.killbillclinton.com. The move came after a report from Missouri Digital News.
• 2/ 8/2000: Newspaper Story - Darryl Bozwell is 37 years old and lives with his mom and dog. He spends most of his time logged on the Internet.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - A bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Froelker would reimburse seniors up to $1,000 annually.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon and former U.S. Senators Tom Eagleton and Jack Danforth say downtown St. Louis needs the sales tax to survive.
• 2/ 8/2000: Newspaper Story - A Senate Committee heard a proposal to name a stretch of highway cleared of garbage by the KKK, after Rosa Parks.
• 2/ 8/2000: Newspaper Story - Four bills in the Capitol deal with Hepatitis A, trying to make vaccines more popular among the workers.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - The Missouri House voted to change a portion of their health care bill. The new amendment allows insurers to set rates based on pre-existing conditions.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - Representative Rita Day sponsors a bill that would create a unversal health care plan.
• 2/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon says Bill Bradley is a good candidate because of his positions on campaign finance reform and health care. Governor Carnahan says he's not endorsing anybody.
• 2/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - Since 1999, both Jim Talent and Bob Holden collected single-check campaign contributions that exceed the $1,125 legal limit.
• 2/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - Since running for governor, the top two contenders have raised approximately $3 million in single-check contributions above the on-again, off-again $1,125 legal limit.
• 2/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Lawmakers consider making it a felony for guards to have sexual relations with inmates.
• 2/ 7/2000: Radio Story - The House Critical Issues Committee gives approval to the Equal Rights Amendment.
• 2/ 7/2000: Newspaper Story - U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley has picked up his second endorsement from a statewide Missouri official.
• 2/ 4/2000: News summary for the week of January 31, 2000
• 2/ 3/2000: Radio Story - Senator Harold Caskey says it's time to look at replacing property taxes as the way to fund schools.
• 2/ 3/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Representative Bill Boucher and Springfield Representative Craig Hosmer are working together to ban GHB
• 2/ 3/2000: Newspaper Story - A St. Charles man has registered Internet domain names that references killing the president of the United States and major-party candidates in the 2000 election.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Republicans say that the Democrats' plan is only a bandaid on a problem that needs a cure.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Representative, Ron Auer's proposal to form a commission to study and report on the growht of St. Louis, met with a lot of opposition.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Mothers gave emotional testimony in support of "Stacey's Bill."
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Only two female committee members opposed a bill that would make drivers with .08 blood alcohol levels guilty of a misdemeanor.
• 2/ 2/2000: Newspaper Story - The Senate Civil and Criminal Commission passed a bill today that would lower the legal blood alcohol level for motorists from .08 to .10.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Rep. Peter Myers has filed a bill to require ethanol be used instead of the chemical MTBE.
• 2/ 1/2000: Radio Story - A fired lesbian worker urges Missouri lawmakers to extend civil rights protections to gays.
• 2/ 1/2000: Radio Story - A bill proposed by St. Louis Senator William Clay Jr. would give new parents a 12-week leave.
• 2/ 1/2000: Radio Story - Opposition to a bill that allows employees to file suit against employers for wrongful discharge.
• 2/ 1/2000: Newspaper Story - Today, legislators are allowed to drink alcoholic beverages in the Capitol. If one bill from Republican Bill Foster passes, this will no longer be possible.
• 2/ 1/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Representative Marsha Cambell faced skeptical opposition when she introduced a bill making driving and talking on a cell phone punishable for up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
• 2/ 1/2000: Newspaper Story - The House proposed to ban drivers from using cell phones while operating motor vehicles.