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March 2004 Stories

• 3/31/2004: Radio Story - The House overwhelmingly supported a bill that would force insurance companies to provide comprehensive mental health coverage.
• 3/31/2004: Newspaper Story - The House Budget Committee directed highway funds from the state treasurer's office and the Natural Resources Department to MODOT.
• 3/31/2004: Radio Story - Parents of autistic children urged a senate committee to approve a bill that would prevent children from receiving vaccines containing a mercury preservative.
• 3/31/2004: Newspaper Story - Gay rights suffered two blows in the Missouri House Wednesday.
• 3/31/2004: Radio Story - The House gave first round approval to a constitutional amendment that would forbid same sex marriages.
• 3/30/2004: Newspaper Story - Missouri legislators heard another plea Tuesday for the state to stop sending government financed jobs overseas.
• 3/30/2004: Radio Story - House Communications Committee hears bill that would restrict the use of foreign call centers
• 3/30/2004: Radio Story - Senate committee heard bill to ban lawsuits blaming food companies for customer's obesity.
• 3/30/2004: Radio Story - The Senate Pensions and General Law committee heard a bill that would stop customers from suing restaurants, blaming the restaurants for their obesity.
• 3/30/2004: Radio Story - Lawmakers fear cell phones make vote buying easier. The bill would allow voters to use their cell phones at the polling place, but not after receiving a ballot.
• 3/29/2004: Radio Story - The Senate Appropiations Committee passed legeslation to expand life sciences across the state. The bills cost an estimated three hundred and 50-dollars and will help finance construction projects across the state.
• 3/29/2004: Newspaper Story - While there are many legislators who have served on school boards, only a few of the state's 197 lawmakers have actually taught as liscenced teachers in a Missouri classroom. Though state government is their second career, many of these teachers-turned-lawmakers describe it as the next logical step in a lifetime of passion for, and commitment to, public service.
• 3/29/2004: Newspaper Story - A multi-hundred million dollar bond bill to fund construction of scientific research-related buildings throughout the state was almost doubled in size Monday night by the Senate Appropriation Committee, which approved the bond issue.
• 3/19/2004: News summary for the week of March 15, 2004
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - The Senate passed a bill on Thursday requiring birth certificates for stillbirths.
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to require annual recalculation of the reimbursements to nursing homes.
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - State and private foster care agencies would be required to ask applicants if they are having sex out of wedlock. One Democrate says the bill may be aimed at same-sex couples.
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - The senate passed a bill Thursday to create a committee to combat underage drinking.
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri legislature left for spring break without finishing the budget. The budget has been in the House since the session started in January and is expected to stay there until April.
• 3/17/2004: Newspaper Story - Gov. Bob Holden's plan to send excess sales tax to the state instead of businesses is dying in a committee -- and leaving Missouri businesses with millions of dollars in extra taxes paid by consumers.
• 3/17/2004: Newspaper Story - Missouri voters shouldn't count on seeing toll roads on the ballot in November.
• 3/17/2004: Radio Story - Democratic Senators marked the halfway point in the legislature by criticizing Republican lawmakers. Two areas Democrats are particularily frustrated with are Medicaid and Education.
• 3/17/2004: Radio Story - Lawmakers are working together to keep jobs local.
• 3/17/2004: Newspaper Story - If a Missourian from one of the state's nearly 245,000 households in Food Stamp Program calls a toll-free number with questions, it is answered by a call center employee 8000 miles away in Mumbia, India, formerly known as Bombay.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - The legislation would further limit where Missourians can carry a concealed weapon.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - The bill would further limit where Missourians can carry a conclealed weapon.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - Some Missouri schools are reporting inflated enrollment when asking for funding for summer schools and then not hosting summer school at all.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - Inaugural funds will be held to the same disclosure level as campaign contributions.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - Cross burning would be punishable by jailtime under a bill that would prohibit cross burning with intent to intimidate someone.
• 3/16/2004: Radio Story - Bond addressed the House and Senate about his proposal for federal funding for the Parents as Teachers program, which is now international.
• 3/15/2004: Newspaper Story - Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, resigned from the House Budget Committee and was replaced by Rep. Theodore Hoskins, D-St. Louis County.
• 3/15/2004: Radio Story - Congressman Tood Akin joined Republican state law makers in a pess conference to advocate a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The amendment would solidify the state's refusal to recognize gay marriages from other states.
• 3/15/2004: Newspaper Story - U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) spoke out Monday to bolster support for a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Missouri.
• 3/15/2004: Radio Story - A bill passes the house to block lawsuits about getting fat. The bill would ban consumers from sueing the food industry because of weight gain.
• 3/15/2004: Newspaper Story - When the two budget leaders in Missouri's Senate first came to the legislature decades ago, they were far apart -- both geographically and philosphically. Now, the two longest-serving members of Missouri legislature are heralded by colleagues and lobbyists as models for bi-partisan cooperation -- as well as targets of private criticism within their own parties. But after this year, term limits will drive out Republican John Russell and Democrat Wayne Goode.
• 3/15/2004: Newspaper Story - An info box on the two senior members of Missouri's Senate.
• 3/12/2004: News summary for the week of March 8, 2004
• 3/11/2004: Radio Story - Missouri House passes a bill that puts a cap on damages from medical malpractice and liability lawsuits.
• 3/11/2004: Radio Story - The bill would give the Department of Economic Development the ability to give grants to businesses making products out of old tires.
• 3/10/2004: Radio Story - Without ceremony, the governor signed a bill that's supposed to give mentally ill children greater access to treatment.
• 3/10/2004: Radio Story - One of the most routine tasks of state transportation committees gained more attention today (Wednesday). Rachel Schaff reports on the rise and impact of politcal license plates in Missouri.
• 3/10/2004: Radio Story - A proposed constitutional amendment would limit how much lawmakers can spend in the budgeting process.
• 3/10/2004: Radio Story - The House gave first round approval to a measure that would prevent children from getting vaccines that contain mercury.
• 3/10/2004: Newspaper Story - The House Budget Committee is considering a resolution that would amend the state constitution to restrict the amount of general revenue money the legislature could appropriate each budget year.
• 3/10/2004: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee decided Wednesday that they needed more time to review the projects in question. Most of the projects, including a renovation to the engineering building on the MU campus and the construction of a major life-science research center, involve the UM system.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Another Republican has joined the group of GOP senators that support raising taxes to fund public schools.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Two bills would allow St. Louis police to live outside city limits caused dabte in the House Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Whitey Herzog testifies in favor of a bill that would allow physical therapists to treat dogs. Currently a veterinarian must be present while a physical therapist works.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Northwest Students attended the Senate committee hearing concerning their school's merger. Students both support and oppose the merger.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - University of Missouri-Columbia President Elson Floyd among those testifying in support of proposed merger
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Senator Dolan, transportation chair, heard business leaders concerns.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - The group met to discuss the state's transportation problems and solutions.
• 3/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Leaders discussed their concern with senate leadership.
• 3/ 9/2004: Newspaper Story - Whitey Herzog, who had led St. Louis Cardinals to a world series championship in 1982, testified in favor of a bill that would let physical therapists to provide rehabilitation to animals without requiring a veterinarian be present.
• 3/ 8/2004: Newspaper Story - State revenue collections were higher than House Republican leadership expected as teh Revenue Department released February numbers.
• 3/ 8/2004: Radio Story - A report says Missouri general revenue collections are up 7.8 percent. House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden says it is a sign the state's economy is becoming strong.
• 3/ 8/2004: Radio Story - Three bills to change the death penalty come before the judiciary committee. One would eliminate the death penalty altogether. Another would give juries sole power to decide on capitol punishment, and the other would stop executions until a commission studied the fairness of the death penalty. The bills need committee approval before they can move to the senate floor for debate.
• 3/ 5/2004: News summary for the week of March 1, 2004
• 3/ 4/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri State Water Patrol gains authority under a bill passed by the Senate Thursday.
• 3/ 4/2004: Radio Story - The House and Senate passed a bill Thursday to punish criminals with jailtime for stealing someone's identity.
• 3/ 4/2004: Radio Story - A bill passed by the Senate Thursday prohibits sexually-oriented billboards within one mile of the highway. Businesses within one mile of the highway are only allowed two exterior signs.
• 3/ 4/2004: Radio Story - With House Speaker Catherine Hanaway showing her support, Representative Roy Holand unveiled a new bill prohibiting vaccines containing mercury from being given to children under eight. He says mercury has been linked to autism.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - Some lawmakers are concerned with budget problems the credit causes.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - Members of both chambers handed out awards to preservationists in the Capitol rotunda.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - Recipients of the awards express the importance of the state's historic tax credit.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - Life sciences programs are showing up accross the country, and Missouri schools might jump on the bandwagon.
• 3/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - A bill that would legalize marijuana for medical reasons has resurfaced this legislative session after being killed last year.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - State House Health Policy Committee members heard witnesses speak in favor of a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri.
• 3/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - Over 200 gay rights activists crowded the Capitol Wednesday to speak out against legislation affecting the gay community.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - About 200 people came to the capitol to rally against a proposed constitutional ban on same sex marriage.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - Lawmakers say that there's a need to more narrowly restrict the definition of marriage. Gay rights supporters say Missourians say the House and Senate have better things to do with their time than restricting marriage.
• 3/ 3/2004: Radio Story - More than 200 people showed up today as part of PROMO's annual rally in support of gay rights.
• 3/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - Missouri businesses currently receive a discount for filing and paying their employees' withheld state income tax on time.
• 3/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - Leading University of Missouri system officials testified in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday afternoon, encouraging senators to approve a $190.4 million bond issue for buildings. The UM leaders are angling for parts of a bond that would fund various life-science related construction projects.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - Christine Ewing died last year falling twenty five feet from an unsafe rock wall. Her best friend shares testimony in front of a Missouri House Committee
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - Missouri's House begins debate on limiting liability lawsuit awards.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - A statewide survey reports more than 100 Missouri school districts plan to ask more money on April's ballot. Missouri's education commissioner says they need the money to cover state budget cuts in excess of 100-million dollars.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - Senator Sarah Steelman plans to debate in the senate about a bill that would make private donations that pay for chancellor's salaries public records.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says the committee will vote next week on a bill that would ban University System President Elson Floyd from becoming the MU Chancellor as well.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - "2004, In the year of the Lord" would appear on college diplomas across Missouri if legislation passes.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - The House Health Committee will hear Wednesday legislation to crack down on hospital infections.
• 3/ 2/2004: Newspaper Story - Two members of the Senate Education Committee voiced support for a bill to prohibit the President of the University of Missouri system from occupying the position of a chancellor of an individual campus.
• 3/ 2/2004: Radio Story - A senate committee took testimony on a measure that would give law enforcement the power to pull you over for not wearing a seat belt.
• 3/ 1/2004: Radio Story - A bill was introduced in Missouri's legislature to bridge a gap in the federal Medicare Act that will take effect in 2006.
• 3/ 1/2004: Newspaper Story - Stashed away in a school district's annual budget is a fund that, ideally, should never be touched.That fund, known as a district's "reserves," is designed to help a public school district survive a year, maybe two or three, of financial difficulty.
• 3/ 1/2004: Radio Story - House Speaker Catherine Hanaway filed as a Republican candidate for secretary of state.
• 3/ 1/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate voted to recognize marriage solely between a man and a woman, but that might face a challenge. A mandate in the U.S. Constitution requires that states recognize marriages from other states including gay marriage.