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February 2005 Stories

• 2/28/2005: Radio Story - Gov. Blunt's budget calls for more than $6 million to help maintain Amtrak.
• 2/28/2005: Radio Story - The House Rules Committee voted to send a Senate workers' compensation reform bill to the House floor.
• 2/28/2005: Newspaper Story - House poised to vote on SMS name change
• 2/28/2005: Radio Story - Director of the Department of Mental Health said that there will not be a drastic push for closure of Bellefontaine.
• 2/28/2005: Radio Story - Representative Mark Wright filed a compromise bill regarding the SMS name change. The compromise would prevent one school from receiving an ourtrageous amount of state money.
• 2/28/2005: Newspaper Story - Friends and families of Bellefontaine residents held a press conference today protesting its closure.
• 2/28/2005: Radio Story - The House Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee heard testimony this morning from several citizens citing a need for the state to continue supporting public transportation services such as Amtrak
• 2/25/2005: News summary for the week of February 21, 2005
• 2/24/2005: Newspaper Story - A spokesperson for Gov. Blunt announced today plans to defer money from the UM system and five other state universities to pay for income tax filings. The money will be deferred for three months and paid back fully to the schools at the end of the fiscal year.
• 2/24/2005: Newspaper Story - A House committee passed along a partisan line a bill that would limit the workers' compensation program.
• 2/24/2005: Radio Story - In a broad stroke, the Missouri House sumbitted a bill replacing much of the Senate compromise on change to workers' compensation law. Provisions limiting terms for workers' compensation judges could be changed during conference committee.
• 2/24/2005: Radio Story - Governor Blunt's office announced a plan to delay two-thirds of university funding until June.
• 2/24/2005: Radio Story - Governor Blunt announced he is postponing payments to universities for April, May and June. Schools will receive all the money in June.
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - The House committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety heard testimony over the Seante-originated bill that would make major revisions to Missouri's workers' compensation law.
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - Senator calls for tax on adult entertainment stores.
• 2/23/2005: Newspaper Story - The senate debated Sen. Matt Bartle's bill that would charge a five dollar admission for all customers and a 20 percent tax to owners.
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - Bill sponsor Rep. Mark Wright withdrew his bill ending college tenure, and will be re-submitting it to the House clerk sometime next week. The new bill will only call for the revising of current tenure laws, and not the elimination of the laws.
• 2/23/2005: Newspaper Story - Bartlett will replace Bill Foster as the employer representative.
• 2/23/2005: A proposed Senate bill would prohibit insurance companies from requiring personal tax information on applications for coverage.
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - It's been three years since St. Louis local law enforcement have been granted a raise. Now in a proposed bill, they are asking for $1350 more.
• 2/23/2005: Newspaper Story - A bill substitute submitted Wednesday erases compromises made in the Senate and inserts several measures favored by business interests.
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - The House considers the workers' comp bill that the Senate already approved.
• 2/22/2005: Radio Story - In St. Louis, St. Charles and Jackson County, certified preschool teachers' salaries are on the rise.
• 2/22/2005: Newspaper Story - Following a contentious House Higher Education Committee hearing on a bill to rename Southwest Missouri State University as Missouri State University, the committee voted 10-1 to send the measure to the House floor.
• 2/22/2005: Radio Story - Sen. Maida Coleman is sponsoring a bill to allow immigrant students in Missouri to pay in-state tuition.
• 2/22/2005: Radio Story - Senator Kit Bond is asking the Federal government to provide five hundred million dollars to Parents as Teachers, an early childhood development program. In the program, parent educators meet with families to encourage healthy childhood development. Bond began the program as governor in 1980.
• 2/22/2005: Newspaper Story - Sen. Bond announced today his proposal for the "Education Begins at Home Act." The bill will provide $400 million over three years to states to expand parent education and family services.
• 2/21/2005: Radio Story - Senator Matt Bartle's bill would require sexually oriented business to pay a five-dollar admission charge on every patron.
• 2/21/2005: Newspaper Story - Rep. Margaret Donnelly of St. Louis said she thinks hasty decisions may lead to costly mistakes.
• 2/18/2005: News summary for the week of February 14, 2005
• 2/18/2005: Radio Story - An audit shows there is a backlog of criminal records in the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
• 2/17/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri House has passed a bill changing the laws governing civil liability lawsuits. The bill caps punitive damage awards, restricts venue, and redefines pharmaceutical companies as health care providers. The bill is up for debate in the Senate.
• 2/17/2005: Newspaper Story - A report from State Auditor Claire McCaskill says that a backlog of information at the Missouri State Highway Patrol puts officers in danger. Vital criminal information is not being received by patrol officers in a timely manner.
• 2/17/2005: Newspaper Story - After several days of debate, the House overwhelmingly gave final approval to a bill that would restrict lawsuit venue while capping punitive damages.
• 2/17/2005: Radio Story - Three senators are proposing a constitutional amendment to prevent school districts from suing the state.
• 2/17/2005: Newspaper Story - Three Republican senators proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit the courts from considering cases involving state appropriations.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - The bill requires travel clubs to register with the Attorney General's office.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - Blunt nominated a Public Safety Director and a Deputy to oversee Homeland Security.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - The bill that would limit liability awards in Missouri received first round approval in the House... meaning the House can no longer make changes.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - Grass Roots Organizing, Paraquad, Inc. and Missouri Budget Prodject teamed up to voice complaints about Gov. Blunt's proposed funding cuts.
• 2/16/2005: Newspaper Story - Rep. Wes Shoemyer (D-Clarence), medicaid recepients and organization leaders spoke out against Gov. Matt Blunt's proposed Medicaid cuts.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - A bill passed the Senate changing Southwest Missouri State University to Missouri State University despite heavy opposition by University of Missouri officials and especially Senator Chuck Graham.
• 2/15/2005: Newspaper Story - With the exception of Sen. Victor Callahan, D-Jackson, all the Democrats voted against the bill due to concerns that it unfairly targets workers.
• 2/15/2005: Newspaper Story - The House spent much of Tuesday debating a bill that would have a profound impact on the civil liability system. Among the changes, the bill would cap punative damages and restrict venue.
• 2/15/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri House discussed a bill that puts a $250,000 cap on punitive damage awards. The bill also changes how award amounts are calculated, and adds restrictions to where lawsuits can be heard.
• 2/15/2005: Radio Story - The Senate Transportation Committee heard support of a bill to allow police to ticket motorists solely for not wearing their seat belts.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - House Republican Sherman Parker wants to give parents more power to keep their children safe.
• 2/14/2005: Newspaper Story - Sen. Graham filibusters SMS name change bill into the night.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - The debate to change Southwest Missouri State's name lasted hours into the night.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - The bill would make Missouri the 18th state to ban the practices of video recording movies inside movie theaters and pirating cable television feeds.
• 2/14/2005: Newspaper Story - Sen. Maida Coleman (D-St. Louis City) has introduced a bill that would lower the age requirments for senators and representatives in Missouri.
• 2/14/2005: Newspaper Story - By a vote of 7-2 in favor of the legislation, the cloning issue now moves to the senate floor for further debate.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - Senator Matt Bartle's bill that outlaws human cloning and SCNT, or somatic cell nuclear transfer.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - A proposed constitutional amendment would lower the age requirement to run for the state legislature.
• 2/11/2005: News summary for the week of February 7, 2005
• 2/10/2005: Radio Story - The Senate sends the House a bill restricting health coverage for workers injured on the job.
• 2/10/2005: Radio Story - Missourians would have to show a photo ID to buy Sudafed under a measure cleared by the Senate.
• 2/10/2005: Newspaper Story - Opponents argue a worker's compensation bill is favors insurance companies at the expense of workers.
• 2/10/2005: Radio Story - The Kansas Board of Education wants evolution is be taught as a theory, not a fact. A similar bill has been proposed in the Missouri legislature.
• 2/ 9/2005: Radio Story - Rep. Mark Wright introduced a bill that could potentially elliminate tenure for college professors at public universities.
• 2/ 9/2005: Radio Story - First Step supporters gather at the governor's office to deliver petitions.
• 2/ 9/2005: Newspaper Story - Supporters signed petitions and testified in hopes of saving the program
• 2/ 9/2005: Newspaper Story - Confederate flag one step closer to its return
• 2/ 9/2005: Radio Story - First Steps supporters argue that the program is the only program that addresses children's developmental problems before the child grows past the window of opportunity.
• 2/ 9/2005: Radio Story - In a House committee hearing, well over 100 parents and their children gathered to protest Gov. Blunt's proposal to eliminate the more than $17 million First Steps program from state spending.
• 2/ 9/2005: Radio Story - In an attempt to trim the state budget, Governor Blunt wants to cut First Steps, a program helping disabled children from birth to age 3 with learning.
• 2/ 9/2005: Newspaper Story - Workers' Comp bill wins first round approval.
• 2/ 8/2005: Newspaper Story - After discussions involving a handful of senators, a bill that would tighten requirements for eligibility in the state worker's compensation program will likely see floor debate on Wednesday and Thursday.
• 2/ 8/2005: Radio Story - The bill's supporters say they hope it will prevent fatal accidents resulting from negligent owners.
• 2/ 8/2005: Radio Story - Saint Louis County Senator Rachel Storch says House Education Committee Chair Jane Cunningham used her position to fundraise for Republican Candidates, raising money from a school voucher advocacy organization.
• 2/ 8/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate Transportation Committee heard a bill to allow I-70 to become a toll road. Voters will make the final decision if it passes.
• 2/ 8/2005: Newspaper Story - Gov. Blunt is calling for all state agencies to provide analyses of how homeland security funds are being used. This is in an effort to determine all uses of homeland security funds and make the program more efficient.
• 2/ 8/2005: Radio Story - A bill to make helmets voluntary for riders over 21 passed the Missouri Senate Transportation Committee. The new law could go into effect as early as this August.
• 2/ 7/2005: Newspaper Story - New legislation seeks to abolish tenure at state schools.
• 2/ 7/2005: Newspaper Story - Harris cited remodeling of the governor's office as well as fee offices as place where needless money is being spent
• 2/ 7/2005: Radio Story - The first half of the flu season has been more moderate compared with last year. Now in the peak of the season, the number cases has gone up.
• 2/ 7/2005: Radio Story - Stephanie Edwards lives below the poverty line and worries how she will pay for her diabetic son's healthcare once she is dropped from Medicaid.
• 2/ 7/2005: Radio Story - A new bill limits the non-economic losses uninsured and drunk drivers can claim if they're injured in a car accident.
• 2/ 7/2005: Radio Story - Minority Leader Jeff Harris says Blunt's renovations will cost taxpayers more than one hundred thousand dollars.
• 2/ 7/2005: Newspaper Story - The committe of Health, Mental Health and Social Services heard testimony today on proposed budget cuts and the impending closure of Bellefontaine Habilitation Center.
• 2/ 7/2005: Newspaper Story - Firms that helped Amendment 3 pass win the biggest contracts.
• 2/ 4/2005: News summary for the week of January 31, 2005
• 2/ 4/2005: Newspaper Story - Wal-Mart employees will be some of the hardest hit by Gov. Blunt's proposed Medicaid cuts. That's because they can't afford the health coverage Wal-Mart offers its employees.
• 2/ 3/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri House has a new committee on education funding. The group is made of lawmakers, former educators, and school superindendents. The committee is expected to rewrite a formula that allocates money to Missouri public schools.
• 2/ 3/2005: Radio Story - A House Special Committee has been appointed to examine the current formula for distributing public education money
• 2/ 3/2005: Radio Story - Saint Louis County Senator Rita Days has proposed a bill banning the use of credit scores to determine insurance rates. Supporters of current law say the ban could drive business from Missouri. The former state Insurance Director disagrees.
• 2/ 3/2005: Newspaper Story - House creates second committee to fix Foundation formula. Democratic leaders have argued that there are too many committees working on the issue now.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - St. Louis County Senator Tim Green proposed a bill to eliminate state health insurance for all state legislators today.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - A state senator says he wants the Missouri State Parks Advisory Board to decide whether to raise the Confederate flag at two Civil War cemetaries.
• 2/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - Missouri Department of Transportation director Pete Rahn promised to speed up progress of Missouri roadways with the Smoother, Safer, Sooner plan.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - In his address, MoDOT Director Steve Rahn outlined the Smoother, Safer, Sooner plan.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - The NAACP held a meeting Wednesday at the Capitol and several members were upset with Blunt's cuts on healthcare.
• 2/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - A bill proposed by Sen. Kevin Engler would give a park board the power to return confederate flags to Missouri memorials.
• 2/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - A bill proposed by Sen. Kevin Engler would give a park board the power to return confederate flags to Missouri memorials.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - Mexico Senator John Cauthorn is backing a bill that would take the power to regulate confined animal feed organizations.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - In a 90 to 66, almost exclusively partisan vote, the Missouri House voted to pass its own version of the workers' compensation bill.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - In a 90 to 66, almost exclusively partisan vote, the Missouri House voted to pass its own version of the workers' compensation bill, reducing the number of injuries covered under the law.
• 2/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, presented his bill to the senate Judiciary committe that would ban human cloning.
• 2/ 1/2005: Newspaper Story - The Senate voted to remove its $50 cap on gifts senators can receive from lobbyists. The Senate also voted to continue its ban on lap-tops from the chamber.
• 2/ 1/2005: Radio Story - Hisorically Lt. Governors have handed over the day to day responsibilities to the President Pro Tem.
• 2/ 1/2005: Radio Story - Senators reject a rule change allowing laptops into the Senate Chamber.
• 2/ 1/2005: Radio Story - State Senators removed rule limiting gifts from lobbyists.
• 2/ 1/2005: Radio Story - A senate committee heard two separate, but similar, versions of a bill to provide tuition grants to the surviving children of any member of the military who was killed in the line of duty and who was, at the time a Missouri citizen.
• 2/ 1/2005: Radio Story - A bill sponsored by Sen. Jon Dolan would make it illegal for trucks weighing more than 48,000 pounds to drive in the left lane of highways six lanes or greater.