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October 2004 Stories

10/29/2004: News summary the week of October 25, 2004
10/28/2004: Radio Story - As thousands of Missourians cast absentee ballots, St. Louis City planned to count the ballots of people who died before election day.
10/26/2004: Radio Story - Gov. Holden will meet with the governor of Illinois this week to discuss importing flu vaccines from British wholesalers. The Illinois governor has asked for FDA approval to import the vaccines.
10/26/2004: Newspaper Story - Russ and Robin Carnahan are both running for public office under Missouri's Democratic ticket this year. They follow a string of family members in political office, the peak being the late Gov. Mel Carnahan.
10/25/2004: Newspaper Story - Oct. 29 will mark the one-year anniversary since an execution has been fulfilled in this state. Some say the Missouri Supreme Court might be imposing an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty.
10/25/2004: Newspaper Story - First time Republican candidate Chris Byrd faces off with third-term incumbent Jay Nixon in the race for the attorney general's office
10/22/2004: News summary the week of October 18, 2004
10/22/2004: Newspaper Story - Tim Daniel, director of Missouri's Homeland Security office, said the state does not have the resources to screen most state employees.
10/22/2004: Newspaper Story - When Missourians step into the voting booth on Nov. 2, most will be using the same paper ballot they used in 2002.
10/22/2004: Radio Story - Mid-Missouri Counties Report Record Numbers of Absentee Ballots
10/21/2004: Radio Story - A national election monitor singled out Missouri as one of three potential trouble states on election day. But St. Louis City's elections director is not concerned.
10/21/2004: Radio Story - Monday's debate between Claire McCaskill and Matt Blunt was the result of weeks of heated discussion between the two campaigns
10/20/2004: Newspaper Story - Eighteen years separate the ages of Missouri Gubernatorial Candidates Matt Blunt and Claire McCaskill. The issues of age and experience have become central to the debate of who is better qualified to occupy the governor's office.
10/20/2004: Newspaper Story - The candidates for the Sect. of State tout experience in elective office one of the issues of contention in this year's race
10/19/2004: Radio Story - Motor Carriers Association President George Burruss questions the value of toll booths given the side effects commuters would face.
10/19/2004: Newspaper Story - The office of Missouri state treasurer has become somewhat of a poltitical stepping stone in recent years. This years candidates are State Senator Sarah Steelman and Arnold Mayor Mark Powell.
10/19/2004: Radio Story - State officials say under CDC guidelines nearly 1/3 of Missouri inmates qualify for flu vaccines. The Department of Corrections received nearly 9,000 flu vaccines.
10/19/2004: Radio Story - Terrorism Committee Chairman John Griesheimer says his committee will discuss the use of employee background checks. The proposed hiring change is due to the FBI investigation of the Islamic American Relief Agency and its executive director, an employee of the Department of Natural Resources.
10/18/2004: Newspaper Story - A profile on the Libertarian candidate for governor, John Swenson.
10/18/2004: Newspaper Story - Sen. Peter Kinder and former Secretary Bekki Cook have a couple things in common -- their hometown, their chosen profession -- but more than a few things that set them apart.
10/15/2004: News summary the week of October 11, 2004
10/15/2004: Newspaper Story - Initial reactions to the new proposal that would charge commuters $20 for a round trip between Kansas City and St. Louis
10/15/2004: Radio Story - The proposal would make a round trip from St. Louis to Kansas City $20.
10/15/2004: Newspaper Story - Mubarak Hamed, an economist for the Department of Natural Resources is the executive director of an Columbia-based charity organization that was raided by the FBI.
10/15/2004: Radio Story - Mubarak Hamed is listed as the Executive Director of the Islamic American Relief Agency, which is under federal investigation. He's also an economist for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
10/12/2004: Radio Story - Citing Missouri's lead in the nation in the number of meth labs busted, the Kerry campaign announced a new plan to fight the drug.
10/12/2004: Radio Story - A new survey shows Missouri hospitals won't be getting the number of vaccines they expected.
10/12/2004: Radio Story - The state of Missouri can't enforce federal guidelines that say ambulance drivers paramedics should be near the front of the line for flu vaccinations.
10/12/2004: Radio Story - The shortage of flu vaccinations has officials concerned for the health of Missouri schoolchildren.
10/11/2004: Newspaper Story - In a press conference Monday, Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell defended Democratic gubernatorial candidate Claire McCaskill's record on nursing home reform.
10/ 7/2004: Radio Story - A nationwide flu vaccine shortage influences Missouri.
10/ 7/2004: Radio Story - Representatives from the St. Louis Public School District met with the Missouri Board of Education to update the status of their crippled budget.
10/ 7/2004: Radio Story - New national guidelines to prevent school terror have not phased top Missouri education officials.
10/ 7/2004: Radio Story - State agencies have no power to enforce flu shot guidelines
10/ 6/2004: Newspaper Story - Gubernatorial candidates differ in their reactions to St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke telling Catholics not to vote for abortion rights supporting candidates.
10/ 5/2004: Radio Story - Wednesday is the last day people in Missouri can register to vote.
10/ 5/2004: Radio Story - Across the state, many local officials are struggling to find people to work polling places on election day.
10/ 5/2004: Newspaper Story - Several Missouri statewide candidates will be avoiding the spotlight of the presidential debate in St. Louis.
10/ 5/2004: Newspaper Story - Political experts offer conflicting thoughts on the effect John Kerry's abandonment of TV advertising in Missouri will have on the state's gubernatorial race.
10/ 5/2004: Radio Story - State-wide politicians are attending debate watch parties with voters instead of showing up at the town hall forum debate. Some political analysts say it is because the debate is too risky for Missouri candidates.
10/ 4/2004: Newspaper Story - With less than one month remaining before Election Day, local officials say they are having difficulity staffing Missouri's polling places and fear many positions will go unfilled.
10/ 4/2004: Radio Story - Spokesman for Republican candidate Matt Blunt says the arch bishop's statement are in-line with Blunt's campaign. But, spokesman for Democratic candidate Claire McCaskill says moral issues are not the central issues in this year's race.
10/ 1/2004: News summary the week of September 27, 2004