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May 2002 Stories

• 5/31/2002: News summary for the week of May 27, 2002
• 5/30/2002: Radio Story - Today is the last day to be apply for prescription drug program
• 5/28/2002: Radio Story - The transportation bill made it on the August ballot.
• 5/24/2002: News summary for the week of May 20, 2002
• 5/23/2002: Radio Story - A transportation bill was expected to be on the August 6th ballot. Due to time constraints, it might not make it on until November.
• 5/17/2002: News summary for the week of May 13, 2002
• 5/17/2002: Newspaper Story - Two of the General Assembly's transportation specialists leave after distinguished careers due to term limits
• 5/17/2002: Newspaper Story - Big time lobbyists in the state are ignoring no parking restrictions around the statehouse.
• 5/17/2002: Newspaper Story - Some top leadership positions in the House and Senate will be up for grabs due to term limits.
• 5/17/2002: Newspaper Story - The legislature agreed to raise taxes enough so that no special session will be needed to balance the budget.
• 5/16/2002: Radio Story - Legislature passed a bill today that requires ministers to report suspicion of child abuse.
• 5/16/2002: Newspaper Story - the story of education funding has been a tale of two vastly divergent issues, with elementary and secondary school districts walking away with funding increases and higher education institutions the victim of withholdings and budget cuts.
• 5/15/2002: Newspaper Story - Starting Aug. 28 Missouri's public schools will be required to provide students with at least one opportunity a week to recite the pledge of allegiance under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday and is now headed for the governor's desk.
• 5/15/2002: Radio Story - Public schools will be required to recite the pledge of allegiance at least once a week starting in August under legislation passed today.
• 5/15/2002: Newspaper Story - The Capitol and sorrounding buildings were left powerless for about an hour
• 5/15/2002: Radio Story - A proposed amendment removing butterfly ballots from use in Missouri failed on the House floor.
• 5/14/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate removed the state's major population centers from a bill that would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons.
• 5/14/2002: Radio Story - With an amendment proposed by Senator Childers, St. Louis and Kansas City areas are not included in the Senate's Bill.
• 5/14/2002: Newspaper Story - House and Senate negotiators agreed to raise more than $100 million in new revenues Tuesday, but still came short of a goal to balance next year's state budget.
• 5/13/2002: Radio Story - Supporters and opponents of the Stadium Bill brought their voices to Jefferson City Monday.
• 5/13/2002: Radio Story - Anti-stadium protestors say they want the Black Caucus to oppose the Stadium Bill.
• 5/13/2002: Newspaper Story - The House passed a bill that extends the sunset on the child health care coverage program to July 2007
• 5/10/2002: News summary for the week of May 6, 2002
• 5/10/2002: Newspaper Story - The Missouri legislature passes an operating budget for FY 2003 that all sides agree is out of balance.
• 5/ 9/2002: Radio Story - All but 7 Republicans in the House voted against the idea to use rainy day fund money.
• 5/ 9/2002: Radio Story - The House Commerce & Economic Development Committee approved the Cardinals bill on an 11 to 8 vote.
• 5/ 9/2002: Newspaper Story - House Republicans blocked a push to borrow from the state's "Rainy Day Fund," a move that Gov. Bob Holden said could lead to withholdings from state agencies and furloughs of state employees.
• 5/ 8/2002: Newspaper Story - The state spending bill on stadiums and economic development passed another hurdle Thursday when it received a favorable vote from the House Commerce Committee.
• 5/ 8/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate postponed debate on a bill that would have changed the name of Southwest Missouri State College to Missouri State University, leaving the bill in limbo with less than two weeks left in the legislative session.
• 5/ 8/2002: Newspaper Story - House OKs submitting $650 million tax increase to voter approval.
• 5/ 8/2002: Radio Story - Governor Holden urged the House Republicans to join the House Democrats, Senate Democrats, and Senate Republicans in approving use of the Rainy Day Fund.
• 5/ 8/2002: Radio Story - The house gave approval to a transportation bill that includes a provision stripping St. Louis City's control of Lambert airport.
• 5/ 8/2002: Newspaper Story - With two full days remaining before a constitutional deadline to pass appropriations bills, Gov. Holden urged House GOP to reconsider their opposition to the proposal
• 5/ 7/2002: Newspaper Story - Debate on a tax increase to pay for Missouri roads broke down over the plan's price tag.
• 5/ 7/2002: Radio Story - Debate on the transportation bill ended with no vote in the House Tuesday afternoon.
• 5/ 7/2002: Newspaper Story - The stadium and economic development bill would spread money to St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Branson.
• 5/ 7/2002: Radio Story - Senator Peter Kinder's bill finally gains approval after 20 hours and 3 days of debate.
• 5/ 7/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed the $644 million stadium and economic development bill.
• 5/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate gave preliminary approval to borrowing $120 million from the state's Emergency Reserve Fund to help balance this year's budget.
• 5/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate approved a change in the school foundation formula that lowers how much money it takes for full funding
• 5/ 6/2002: Newspaper Story - Sixty protesters came to the Capitol on Monday voicing opposition to the St. Louis Stadium bill.
• 5/ 6/2002: Radio Story - The Pay Day Loan reform bill made it through both houses with no changes Monday afternoon.
• 5/ 6/2002: Radio Story - While its a smaller package than originally intended, the foundation formula got final approval from the Missouri Senate. It lowers the initial amount of the bill by 30% but still fully funds the formula.
• 5/ 6/2002: Radio Story - Pet owners will have to register their exotic animals within two weeks of possession under a bill up for consideration in the House.
• 5/ 3/2002: News summary for the week of April 29, 2002
• 5/ 3/2002: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers' deadline to finish budget is next Friday.
• 5/ 2/2002: Newspaper Story - Preoccupied with a debate stretching late into the night on subsidies for a new baseball stadium in St. Louis, the Senate postponed debate on a plan to tap an emergency fund to balance the state's budget.
• 5/ 2/2002: Newspaper Story - Dozens of people celebrated the National Day of Prayer in the Capitol
• 5/ 2/2002: Newspaper Story - Stadiums receive first-round approval from Senate.
• 5/ 2/2002: Radio Story - Speaker Kreider and Minority Leader Hanaway are blaming each other for the possibility of a special session on the budget.
• 5/ 1/2002: Radio Story - With the close of session looming, the Missouri Senate adjourned early for its annual Senate/staff outing.
• 5/ 1/2002: Radio Story - House and Senate conference committee members approved the house version of a bill for funding the School Foundation Formula
• 5/ 1/2002: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee approved use of the so-called Rainy Day Fund to make up revenue shortfalls for the current fiscal year.