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May 2001 Stories

• 5/24/2001: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers consider a program to deal with the disease lupus.
• 5/18/2001: News summary for the week of May 14, 2001
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri Legislature passed a state-wide bill keeping utility companies from charging right-of-way fees to consumers, when digging up city streets.
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - A bill extending term limits in the Missouri legislature to twelve years, failed to reach debate on the last day of the 2001 session.
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - The legislature cleared a bill that will tighten the standard for drunk drivers.
• 5/18/2001: Newspaper Story - Missouri's General Assembly wrapped up this year's session Friday, swiftly passing two major bills while failing to address proposals on roads and prescription drug coverage.
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the governor's name-calling is ridiculous.
• 5/18/2001: Newspaper Story - As lawmakers praised themselves for a "job well done," 900 seniors in Kansas City prepare to graduate from a school that has been stripped of its state accreditation.
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - After they celebrated the success of their women's health plan, the House Democrats blamed the Republican-run Senate for the failure of their prescription drug plans.
• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - Under a proposed bill, women under 65 diagnosed with breast cancer or cervical cancer will receive Medicaid.
• 5/17/2001: Newspaper Story - The Senate majority floor leader, Sen. Bil Kenney, said one of the biggest issues of the legislative sessions is dead.
• 5/17/2001: Radio Story - Sen. Bill Kenney, R-Lee's Summit, says the governor's $500 million transportation plan will not be brought up on the Senate floor this session.
• 5/16/2001: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers came to an agreement on congressional redistricting Wednesday when the Senate and House approved a compromise map by wide margins.
• 5/16/2001: Radio Story - The Senate voted 28-5 to pass the new congressional district map that brings parts of Creve Coeur and Ladue into the first district, which is held by Democrat Lacy Clay.
• 5/16/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri legislature approved a resolution authorizing funding for a new MU arena, but the governor says he's not sure he'll sign it.
• 5/16/2001: Radio Story - The House passed its redistricting map 117-37 despite complaints about breaking up communities.
• 5/16/2001: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers send the governor authorization for bonds to build an MU arena.
• 5/16/2001: Radio Story - The Senate passed a resolution issuing $35 million in bonds for the construction of a new arena at University of Missouri-Columbia.
• 5/15/2001: Radio Story - Slay visited the capitol and spoke with several lawmakers and the governor, but he did not leave with an agreement to get a Cardinal stadium built.
• 5/15/2001: Newspaper Story - A vote along party lines couldn't get the GOP what it wanted - that more study be dedicated to transportation.
• 5/15/2001: Newspaper Story - Republicans from St. Louis fought the current Senate restricting map--they want changes within the First and Second Districts. In the House, legislators passed a bill that fines bar owners for serving obviously drunk patrons.
• 5/15/2001: Newspaper Story - As lawmakers debate transportation funding for better roads, Highway 61 is a deadly highway in northeast Missouri
• 5/15/2001: Radio Story - A bill that will allow people to sue bars and restaurants for serving them while intoxicated has sparked debate among lawmakers.
• 5/14/2001: Newspaper Story - With only four days left in the legislative session, the Missouri lawmakers worked to finalize several issues, from prescription drugs to parental notification.
• 5/14/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate voted unanimously on a bill capping the fees payday lenders can charge customers.
• 5/11/2001: News summary for the week of May 7, 2001
• 5/10/2001: Radio Story - The two stadium plans have some similarities and many differences.
• 5/10/2001: Newspaper Story - MU Health Care received money for its financial shortfall as the Senate and House passed the annual state budget.
• 5/10/2001: Newspaper Story - Tensions rise in the State Senate as the session nears its end and the Republicans finish their first session as the majority party.
• 5/10/2001: Radio Story - The legislature has approved a plan that will ask voters to give St. Louis city government more control over itself.
• 5/10/2001: Newspaper Story - Aiming to make the State Capitol more accessible to the disabled, lawmakers Thursday approved spending $500,000 to draw up floor plans that would increase and reorganize office space.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - The Senate transportation committee passed a resolution that would make a vote allowing for toll roads and bridges public.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay visited the Capitol Wednesday.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - Governor Holden met with Missouri House and Senate leaders to discuss priorities for the remainder of the legislative session.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - State Auditor Claire McCaskill says there needs to be more regulation of car title and payday loans.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - Columbia Senator Ken Jacob says he doesn't like the Senate's map.
• 5/ 9/2001: Newspaper Story - Senate Democrats -- including Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia -- launched a filibuster Wednesday to block GOP efforts to strip Democratic St. Louis City from the congressional district of U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - Senator Ken Jacob says the 9th district should be composed on mainly rural counties.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - While the Senate filibusters its own plan for redistricting, the House passed its version in a near party line vote.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - Governor Bob Holden says he doesn't think the Senate's plan for Congressional redistricting makes sense for St. Louis.
• 5/ 9/2001: Newspaper Story - Kenney said that he will bring the arena up on the floor this session, but that there are other priorities that must come first.
• 5/ 8/2001: Newspaper Story - All of Boone County would remain in U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof's ninth district under a plan given first-round approval Tuesday in the state House.
• 5/ 8/2001: Radio Story - The Republicans are fuming over several political moves the Democrats used to pass a redistricting map in the House.
• 5/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The latest congressional district maps leave Gephardt out of Saint Louis City.
• 5/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The committee voted 12-6 to pass its map and the only change is that the city of Ashland has been reunited in Kenny Hulshof's district, the ninth.
• 5/ 7/2001: Newspaper Story - Rep. Dick Gebhardt is moved completely out of St. Louis City, under a plan proposed by the Senate committee. Rep. Lacy Clay would be the city's only representative as Gebhardt expands into the outlaying counties.
• 5/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The Senate Redistricting Committee approved a map that moves US congressman Dick Gephardt outside the City of St. Louis.
• 5/ 4/2001: News summary for the week of April 30, 2001
• 5/ 3/2001: Newspaper Story - Less than an hour after Gov. Bob Holden criticized a GOP transportation plan as "hocus pocus," "dirty tricks" and a "monster," the Senate's top Republican said such comments might jeopardize plans to fix Missouri's roads.
• 5/ 3/2001: Newspaper Story - Columbia's Congressman Kenny Hulshof would get Missouri's statehouse under a redistricting plan unveiled Thursday by the Senate Redistricting Committee Chairman.
• 5/ 3/2001: Radio Story - St. Louis City would have more power over itself under a plan that cleared the Senate.
• 5/ 3/2001: Newspaper Story - Missouri would suspend the driver licenses of those convicted of driving away from a gas station without paying.
• 5/ 3/2001: Radio Story - Sen. Peter Kinder says because of the governor's actions he will not help move any of the governor's legislation.
• 5/ 3/2001: Newspaper Story - The House approved a plan Thursday to protect animals from sexual abuse and theft. They also designated March 21 as "Bird Appreciation Day."
• 5/ 3/2001: Newspaper Story - The Senate Rules Committee voted 5-1 on Thursday for the resolution. It now moves on to the Senate floor.
• 5/ 2/2001: Newspaper Story - Women's health issues continued to be debated in the Senate on Wednesday, with questions raised about whether or not contraceptives were an integral part of women's health.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - Making sure babies are healthy is the goal of legislation that's gotten final approval from the Missouri House of Representatives.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - A proposed bill outlaws using capitol punishment on the mentally retarded.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - Governor Holden appointed Norman B. Harty and Allison London Smith to the state redistricting committees, filling the vacancies left by his original appointment, Representative Mark Richardson.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - The Senate approved the House .08 bill Wednesday.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - Lawmakers, The St. Louis Commerce and Growth Association and cab companies are working on a bill creating a uniform taxi commission between St. Louis City and St. Louis County.
• 5/ 2/2001: Newspaper Story - The state would no longer execute the mentally retarded as part of a larger measure approved by the House Wednesday to change court procedures.
• 5/ 2/2001: Newspaper Story - State Senators overwhelmingly passed a bill to change the legal blood alcohol content for Missouri drivers from .10 to .08 on Wednesday. Now, the bill goes to a conferernce committee made up of members of the House and Senate.
• 5/ 2/2001: Newspaper Story - After months of controversy and confusion, the Senate Gubernatorial Appointments Committee affirmed two new members to the state's apportionment committee.
• 5/ 1/2001: Newspaper Story - Meteorologists predicted Tuesday that the Missouri River will remain below its seasonal average, limiting the threat of flooding in Central Missouri and the Saint Louis area.
• 5/ 1/2001: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House approved a plan Tuesday that would allow drivers to keep a loaded weapon in their glove compartment, prompting opponents to complain of a push to chip away at the state's gun restrictions.
• 5/ 1/2001: Radio Story - According to leaders sponsoring stadium legislation, Governor Holden has yet to talk to them about the specifics of his meetings with St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay.