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February 2002 Stories

• 2/28/2002: Radio Story - Female Republican senators criticize lack of women on rape bill conference committee.
• 2/28/2002: Newspaper Story - The State's budget director warned that state could be $30 million short this fiscal year, and would not rule out further withholdings from state agencies.
• 2/28/2002: Newspaper Story - A bill under consideration in the House Criminal Law Committee would make it a felony under Missouri Law to tamper with pharmaceuticals.
• 2/28/2002: Newspaper Story - Missouri's lottery game operator stands to take in millions annually from a new, fast-paced Keno game approved last month.
• 2/28/2002: Newspaper Story - It has been a bad week for Gov. Bob Holden in Missouri's legislature.
• 2/28/2002: Radio Story - The Representatives aren't supporting a bill that creates a license plate bearing the symbol of the Animal Friendly Rights Association...because they're asking where the money goes?
• 2/27/2002: Newspaper Story - Sen. Kinder has proposed a bill that would require the state to have open, competitive bidding for legal counsel.
• 2/27/2002: Radio Story - Missouri's House Speaker is not putting the Cardinals Stadium on his priority list, despite the governor's endorsement. ~
• 2/27/2002: Newspaper Story - The school wants to be renamed Missouri State University. They say it will help get out of state students, grants, and gifts, and attract top national faculty.
• 2/27/2002: Radio Story - State senators rejected a three-cent increase in the diesel fuel tax.
• 2/26/2002: Newspaper Story - House Speaker Jim Kreider does not like the governor's proposal for a new ballpark but says he will not block it.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - The Missouri House is considering a bill that prohibits discrimination of service animals in public places.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - Missouri's impeached Secretary of State, Judi Moriarty, is running for the House in 2002.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - Kansas City leaders want the House Commerce committee to review and pass a proposal for $100 million dollars in state funding to renovate the Royals and Chiefs Stadiums.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - Governor Bob Holden announced he and the Cardinals Baseball Team have reached an agreement that would funnel millions of tax dollars into the construction of a new ballpark in downtown St. Louis.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - The House Appropriations Committee has rejected the administration's request for private security guards in Missouri's Capitol.
• 2/26/2002: Radio Story - The American Cancer Society urged lawmakers to require insurance cover a second medical opinion for cancer patients.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Lawmakers have mixed reactions to the launch of a petition campaign to put a package tax increases for highways on the statewide ballot.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Efforts to remove a time limit on rape prosecutions is running into problems in Missouri's legislature.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Some business organizations have drafted an intiative petition for transportation funding.
• 2/25/2002: Newspaper Story - A House Appropriations Committee has recommended deep cuts in the budget of Gov. Bob Holden.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - A House committee says the governor needs to make cuts internally.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Some local health officials say legislation exempting non-profits from food inspections is dangerous.
• 2/25/2002: Radio Story - Legislation to crack down on rape is getting delayed in Missouri's legislature.
• 2/22/2002: News summary for the week of February 18, 2002
• 2/21/2002: Radio Story - Governor Holden says doubters should look at his record.
• 2/21/2002: Radio Story - Kinder's chief of staff resigns amidst controversy
• 2/21/2002: Newspaper Story - Sen. Peter Kinder's chief of staff resigned.
• 2/20/2002: Radio Story - The Cardinal's team president, Mark Lamping, spoke at the Capital today, lobbying for support of the proposed stadium.
• 2/20/2002: Radio Story - The Missouri House gave first round approval to a ban on sex between Alzheimer's patients and nursing home workers.
• 2/20/2002: Newspaper Story - The Associated Press has filed requests under the Sunshine Law for "cookie files, cache files and history files" which indicate what Websites a computer's user has visited
• 2/20/2002: Radio Story - The Associated Press has requested "cookie," "cache," and "history" files from Legislators' computers, citing the Missouri Sunshine Law.
• 2/20/2002: Radio Story - Missouri Right to Life endorses a bill requiring doctors to counsel women before their abortions.
• 2/20/2002: Newspaper Story - A Senate committee heard testimony today on a bill that would require a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions.
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - Missouri's democratic governor says he supports a republican transportation funding proposal.
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - House Ways & Means hears proposals for assessment changes
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers continue to approve personalized license plates for dozens of organizations.
• 2/19/2002: Newspaper Story - Gov. Bob Holden threw his hat into the transportation ring Tuesday, embracing a $475 million tax increase for roads and public transit sponsored by the Senate's Republican Transportation Committee chairman.
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - Many professionals sign contracts that contain a no-compete clause, which disallows them to work for a competitor after their contract expires.
• 2/19/2002: Newspaper Story - While amateur athletes in the Olympics are still getting public attention, Missouri legislators are trying to protect college athletes from abusive agents.
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - A House committee heard a bill today that would prohibit discrimination against disabled people who need service animals.
• 2/19/2002: Radio Story - Teachers who don't want to go back to school to obtain an administrators certificate, may find it easier to do so under a new Senate bill.
• 2/18/2002: Newspaper Story - The governor has proposed eliminating the Amtrak section from the regular budget and moving it to the state's emergency reserve fund.
• 2/18/2002: Radio Story - Under legislation, Missouri business employers will have to pay equal pay for equal work to both genders.
• 2/18/2002: Radio Story - Senator Mary Bland of Kansas City has hired as a state-salaried aide a felon convicted of taking government funds.
• 2/18/2002: Radio Story - House Minority leader Catherine Hanaway comments on former Kansas City representative Vernon Thompson.
• 2/18/2002: Radio Story - Though voters approved betting on horse races in the 1980's, no tracks have come to the state. Some lawmakers are looking for ways to attract tracks to locate in Missouri.
• 2/15/2002: News summary for the week of February 11, 2002
• 2/14/2002: Newspaper Story - Missouri Public school children would have to observe a minute of silence in the state's public schools under a House bill.
• 2/13/2002: Newspaper Story - A coalition of social service providers and advocacy groups said Gov. Holden's proposed budget cuts impact the state's most vulnerable citizens.
• 2/13/2002: Radio Story - The House Banking Commmittee heard testimony on a bill that would limit the interest payday lenders can charge.
• 2/13/2002: Radio Story - Legislation was heard that would give surrounding communities of Lambert Airport more representation.
• 2/13/2002: Radio Story - Committee discussion with adoptees about obtaining their birth certificate.
• 2/13/2002: Newspaper Story - Adoptees and birth parents testified before a House committee in favor of lowering restrictions for adoptees to get birth records.
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - The bill would allow police to pull over cars just for seat belt violations.
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - Senator Betty Sims says a Salmonella outbreak at Roberts Steak Buffet in St. Louis county is just an isolated incident.
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - The plan would increase the gas tax by six cents and the fuel tax by 3/8 percent.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - Missouri schools would get a smaller budget increase the next year, but a bigger funding boost in two years under a budget-crisis plan approved by a House committee Tuesday.
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - A Judiciary Committee passed the Family Leave Act, sending it to the House floor for a vote.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - A bill that would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons is being pushed through the Legislature again.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - The Cardinals are seeking $100 million in state money for a new downtown ballpark.
• 2/12/2002: Newspaper Story - Cops would be able to stop you for driving without a seatbelt under a measure presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - A new stadium for the Cardinal's would have a major economic impact on Missouri. Legislators are debating whether this impact would be positive or negative
• 2/12/2002: Radio Story - High school journalists will have fewer restrictions regarding material in school newspapers.
• 2/11/2002: Radio Story - A bill that seeks to revoke professional licenses of people who have defaulted on their student loans is waiting to be sent to committee.
• 2/11/2002: Newspaper Story - The House Republican Caucus promoted a package of four bills that make up their "State Employees Bill of Rights" legislation package.
• 2/11/2002: Newspaper Story - Lt. Gov. Maxwell warned lawmakers that unless supplemental funds are approved, there will be no prescription drug program for low-income Missourians.
• 2/11/2002: Radio Story - The Senate derails a Democrat effort for an investigation into the financial background of the Senate President Pro Tem's chief of staff.
• 2/11/2002: Radio Story - Representative Jim Foley introduced legislation to help build a new baseball stadium in St. Louis by the 2005 season.
• 2/11/2002: Radio Story - House Republicans are asking citizens to contribute money saving ideas that would result in state workers' raises.
• 2/ 8/2002: News summary for the week of February 4, 2002
• 2/ 7/2002: Radio Story - Democrats say Republicans won't be able to fund their idea.
• 2/ 7/2002: Radio Story - Missouri House Democrats want funding for schools to stay the same
• 2/ 7/2002: Newspaper Story - Democrats say the GOP plan is unequitable and impossible because of the tight budget.
• 2/ 6/2002: Radio Story - A Senate bill discourages rodeo games, like Mexican Poker.
• 2/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - About 90 health care workers and parole officers came to the capitol to lobby support for Gov. Holden's proposed use of the rainy day fund to pay for $92.2 million in mental health programs
• 2/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - Presidents from several Missouri universities and colleges joined the commissioner of the Coordinating Board of Higher Education to answer questions about Gov. Holden's proposed budget from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
• 2/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - Gov. Holden's appointee to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, Renee Slusher, was rejected Wednesday on grounds that she was biased.
• 2/ 5/2002: Newspaper Story - Local taxing entities could earn more interest on their reserve money
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - State senators searching for ways to fund road improvements look to cash in on the gaming industry.
• 2/ 5/2002: Newspaper Story - All public school children would have to observe a minute of silence in the state's public schools under a House bill up for consideration in the Missouri General Assembly.
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - Representative Chuck Graham is trying to increase the size of the organ donor pool in Missouri.
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - St Louis Rapper Nelly received an honor from Missouri's governor for his work in St Louis public schools.
• 2/ 5/2002: Newspaper Story - Gov. Bob Holden issued a proclamation honoring the St. Louis rapper and his group, the St. Lunatics, for helping to raise attendance in St. Louis city schools.
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - The bill would prevent lawsuits similar to the one St. Louis City filed in 1999.
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - A women's advocate says the plan would make divorce too difficult.
• 2/ 5/2002: Radio Story - Basic emergency technicians may be able to administer epinepherin, a drug used to combat violent allergic reactions.
• 2/ 4/2002: Newspaper Story - The House Republican Causus is proposing a bill that would require colleges and universities to track foreign students' enrollment status.
• 2/ 4/2002: Radio Story - Missouri could adopt a new law that would make it mandatory for health insurance plans to cover mental illnesses.
• 2/ 4/2002: Newspaper Story - Several groups voiced support for Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson's mental-parity bill Monday, Feb. 4.
• 2/ 4/2002: Newspaper Story - Several groups voiced support for Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson's mental-parity bill Monday, Feb. 4.
• 2/ 4/2002: Radio Story - Republicans want new legislation in place to make prosecution of terrorists easier.
• 2/ 4/2002: Radio Story - House Republicans presented proposals to avoid future terrorist attacks.
• 2/ 1/2002: News summary for the week of January 28, 2002