Bret Bender

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Bret Bender

Bret Bender is an undergraduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he is majoring in Journalism and History. Bret also works as a recess supervisor and a tutor at New Haven Elementary School in Columbia. He grew up 22 miles west of Chicago in Downers Grove, IL. Upon graduating, Bret hopes to return to plans to return home and attend law school at Northwestern or Loyola University.

Stories by Bret Bender include:

12/ 1/2004: Newspaper Story - With a Republican controlled legistor and governor, state employers now have a clear road to passing liability lawsuits limits and to restructure worker compensation laws.
12/13/2004: Newspaper Story - After a long battle not to publish a rule allowing organized labor to collect union fees from non-union workers, Secretary of State Matt Blunt will publish the rule in the Missouri Register Dec. 15. Blunt has said he will rescind the order once he becomes governor.
11/10/2004: Newspaper Story - MoDot said it will use new revenue from Amendment 3 to improve 2,200 miles of highway.
11/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - Matt Blunt and Rod Jetton will be the second youngest politicians in 40 years elected to serve in their respective positions as governor and speaker of the house.
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.
10/20/2004: 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/ 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.
9/16/2004: Newspaper Story - The state auditor calls a news conference on her audit that found state government was failing to protect confidential information on surplused computers.