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Stories by Bente Birkeland include:

• 12/14/2004: Radio Story - State legislators created the early release program to reduce the number of inmates in Missouri prisons.
• 12/ 9/2004: Radio Story - Republican leader tells the Missouri Transportation Committee he's not ruling anything out.
• 12/ 7/2004: Radio Story - Joint Interim Committee on Multimodal Transportation is exploring new ways for Missouri to fund Amtrak
• 11/18/2004: Radio Story - Record haul during opening weekend of deer season attributed to warm weather
• 11/16/2004: Radio Story - Officials at the Missouri State Highway Patrol say they don't have the money for expanding DNA testing required by a new law. Officials say the program will cost at least $1.5 million. It expands DNA testing from sex offenders and violent criminals to all inmates who are about to be released.
• 11/ 9/2004: Radio Story - The latest report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows the number of reported cases is lower than it was this time last year. Despite the flu vaccine shortage, health officials say this flu season is already off to a better start.
• 11/ 4/2004: Radio Story - Now that Republicans control the Missouri house, senate, and governorship, they aren't afraid to make major reforms.
• 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.
• 10/19/2004: 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.
• 10/12/2004: 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/ 7/2004: Radio Story - State agencies have no power to enforce flu shot guidelines
• 10/ 5/2004: Radio Story - Wednesday is the last day people in Missouri can register to vote.
• 9/30/2004: Radio Story - Scammers try to get personal information by posing as election officials
• 9/30/2004: Radio Story - Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell blames GOP for lack of prescription drug help in Missouri
• 9/28/2004: Radio Story - Increased gas prices could mean higher heating bills for Missourians.
• 9/23/2004: Radio Story - International elections officials say partisan Secretary of State is bad choice for voters
• 9/21/2004: Radio Story - Burke will release a letter on October 1st on voting and the Roman Catholic church.
• 9/16/2004: Radio Story - An unprecedented number of women are running for statewide office in Missouri. Voters have the power to elect women to five out of six statewide offices. Bente Birkeland examines what impact this could have on Missouri politics.
• 9/ 9/2004: Radio Story - The high number of women running for top state offices is not expected to influence voters.
• 9/ 9/2004: Radio Story - The high number of women running for top state offices is not expected to influence voters.
• 9/ 2/2004: Radio Story - Govenor Holden will replace conservative supreme court justice Duane Benton.
• 8/31/2004: Radio Story - Since 2003 Missouri borrowed nearly $300 million from the federal government for unemployment compensation.

Stories by Bente Birkeland include:

• 12/ 6/2005: The Supreme Court is hearing a case about on-campus military recruiters.
• 12/ 1/2005: Radio Story - Former vice-chairman Allen Icet will take over.
• 11/10/2005: Radio Story - A 66 year-old southwest Missouri man never made it to his doctor's appointment in St. Louis.
• 10/27/2005: Radio Story - A new audit shows mismanagement and incomplete data.
• 10/25/2005: Radio Story - Marlin Gray, from St. Louis will be executed tomorrow for murdering two women in 1991.
• 10/19/2005: Radio Story - It would restore benefits to more than 90,000 people.
• 9/29/2005: Radio Story - Supporters and opponents of the state's eminent domain laws voiced their opinions at a public hearing.
• 5/ 3/2005: Radio Story - Police officers could arrest suspected criminals for failing to provide identification.
• 4/13/2005: Radio Story - Under the new bill insurance companies would pay up to $3000 a year to families with a child in the program.
• 4/12/2005: Radio Story - Highway Patrol officers are monitoring traffic in stationary cars to cut fuel costs.
• 3/14/2005: Radio Story - A top Republican is gearing up for Medicaid debates.
• 3/ 8/2005: Radio Story - A new bill would install cameras at dangerous intersections.
• 3/ 7/2005: Radio Story - A bill died that would make the Missouri Department of Transportation responsible for maintaining state roads in St. Louis.
• 3/ 1/2005: Radio Story - The new formula would give public schools money based on the cost of educating students.
• 2/22/2005: Radio Story - In St. Louis, St. Charles and Jackson County, certified preschool teachers' salaries are on the rise.
• 2/ 8/2005: Radio Story - The bill's supporters say they hope it will prevent fatal accidents resulting from negligent owners.
• 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/ 1/2005: Radio Story - Hisorically Lt. Governors have handed over the day to day responsibilities to the President Pro Tem.
• 1/31/2005: Radio Story - A new bill aims to stop teachers from spanking children.
• 1/25/2005: Radio Story - Senate transportation chair John Dolan says he expects the project to start sooner rather than later. Republicans say they'll consider other names too.
• 1/24/2005: Radio Story - House Democrats are proposing a bill that will make it illegal for minors to buy sexually explicit or violent video games. Illinois is considering a similar proposal.