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12/13/1995: MU curator president rejects governor's call to resign.
12/ 7/1995: Administration criticized by GOP for bad-mouthing welfare block grants.
12/ 6/1995: Speaker rejects secret ballot for House speaker.
11/29/1995: Gender issues are at the center of the race to succeed Bob Ward
11/29/1995: Women Seek Power in Missouri Legislature
11/29/1995: Women Seek Power in Missouri Legislature
11/22/1995: GOP chair late in filing financial disclosure report.
11/21/1995: GOP Chair late in filing finance disclosure report as MU curator.
11/17/1995: Lt. Gov. to head government efficiency council.
11/17/1995: House speaker candidate to investigate travel expense allegations
11/16/1995: A couple members of the Commission on Fair Elections don't agree with the Commission's recommendation to publicly finance election
11/14/1995: State officials predict no major economic impact from federal gov't shutdown.
11/14/1995: State expects no major problems from federal gov't shutdown.
11/14/1995: Federal shutdown has little effect on Mo. gov't.
11/14/1995: Elected state officials explain absence of blacks in upper management.
11/13/1995: Federal gov't shutdown will affect many Missourians.
11/11/1995: State worries about long-term effects of federal shutdown.
11/ 9/1995: Anti-abortion farmer selected as Democratic nominee for House Speaker.
11/ 9/1995: House Democrats nominate anti-abortion farmer for speaker.
11/ 9/1995: Bills filed by Democrat's speaker nominee in 1995
11/ 9/1995: Newspaper files suit to open House Democratic Caucus vote on speaker nominee.
11/ 8/1995: House Speaker steps down despite being cleared of wrongdoing
11/ 8/1995: Jefferson City votes down riverboat gambling
11/ 7/1995: Three prosecutors clear the House Speaker
11/ 7/1995: Campaign finance law has GOP looking for new fund-raising methods.
11/ 3/1995: Capital voters consider sinking their gambling boat.
11/ 2/1995: A debate is raging over whether proposed school standards are outcome-based education.
11/ 2/1995: Both sides debate about but can't agree on meaning outcome based education.
10/31/1995: Missouri among highest states for motor-voter law registrations.
10/31/1995: Gov's chief of staff leaves to head up re-election bid.
10/25/1995: K.C. desegregation talks failure may affect St. Louis
10/25/1995: State suffers setback in school desegregation
10/24/1995: Perot Forces Put Missouri after California
10/24/1995: Mo. school desegregation heading back to court.
10/18/1995: GOP Senate leader rejects gubernatorial campaign.
10/17/1995: Lawsuit charges State Auditor with coverup.
10/16/1995: House Speaker candidates campaigning for Dem. caucus.
10/16/1995: Profiles on House Speaker candidates
10/16/1995: State gov't manual to be unveiled Wednesday.
10/16/1995: Missouri's gov't manual to come out months after the year began.
10/14/1995: Silver Haired session calls for Department on Aging
10/ 3/1995: Former congressional candidate discusses his bout with depression.
9/14/1995: Compromise on abortion proposed.
9/14/1995: Griffin delays plans for resignation.
9/12/1995: Past veto sessions didn't do much.
9/ 9/1995: List of bills vetoed by the governor.
9/ 9/1995: Anti-abortion legislator drops veto-override effort.
9/ 6/1995: State preparing for a federal budget gridlock.
9/ 6/1995: Abortion forces prepare for veto session of legislature.
5/12/1995: Legislature clears major issues one day early.
5/12/1995: 1995 session sets a number of historical precidents.
5/12/1995: Legislators make the mule the state's official animal.
5/12/1995: Tension and hostility were the prevailing moods in the session.
5/12/1995: Special interests dominated 1995 legislative session.
5/12/1995: Republicans play bigger role in 1995 session.
5/10/1995: Lt. gov. votes against governor & supports concealed weapons.
5/10/1995: Tax lid mired in partisan debate in Senate.
5/ 8/1995: Governor wins veto override test, tops list of legislative news Monday.
5/ 8/1995: Speaker's power wanes this year.
5/ 4/1995: Legislator married in House chamber.
5/ 4/1995: Analysis backgrounder on Education Department's outcome-based education plans.
5/ 4/1995: Outcome-based education sparks opposition to Ed. Dept.
5/ 2/1995: Anti-Abortion forces win major victories in the legislature.
4/26/1995: Moriarty returns to Capital.
4/14/1995: Details of GOP welfare plan.
4/14/1995: Abortion filibuster stalls the House.
4/11/1995: Blind people still face problems with their guide dogs.
3/29/1995: House approves regulations for paid petition circulators.
3/29/1995: Counties seek more control over circuit court budgets.
3/28/1995: Committee approves lobbyist restrictions, but probably too late.
3/ 9/1995: House committee rejects GOP tort reform plan.
3/ 8/1995: House approves tax-limit proposal.
3/ 7/1995: Conflicting campaign finance laws confuses candidates.
3/ 1/1995: Legal aid programs suffering from cuts.
2/27/1995: Republicans use rare procedure to get their bills out of committee.
2/21/1995: Proposal would restrict payments for petition signature collectors.
2/15/1995: Philip Morris wines & dines entire legislature.
2/ 8/1995: House Democrats expell renegade from caucus.
2/ 7/1995: Lobbyist gift ban gets hostile reception from House committee.
1/30/1995: Profile on the new House Budget Committee chairman.
1/25/1995: Lawmakers reject Clinton's say-no-to-lobbyists challenge.
1/25/1995: GOP bills dominate start of legislative session.
1/17/1995: Baby boomers are the forgotten generation in Missouri's legislature.
1/11/1995: Republicans fighting for House rules changes.
1/ 9/1995: State Auditor's inaugural speech stresses re-inventing government.
1/ 6/1995: Legislative leaders express concern about balanced budget amendment.