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1997 Politics Stories

• 12/11/1997: Newspaper Story - The economy and lawsuits will be among the top issues for Missouri's 1998 legislative session.
• 12/ 9/1997: Radio Story - The Jefferson City High School Choir sings Christmas music in sixty year tradition.
• 12/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Legislative leaders react to the four-year sentence of the former House Speaker.
• 11/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor offers supportive words for a legislative plan to give the St. Louis mayor more power over the city school system.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers search for a way to get the federal courts out of St. Louis and Kansas City schools.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - St. Louis city lawmakers call for abolishing their city's school board.
• 11/ 5/1997: Radio Story - The GOP gains a seat in Missouri's House.
• 10/14/1997: Newspaper Story - State officials debate how much the state owes taxpayers in refunds.
• 10/ 9/1997: Radio Story - A web site committee may let representatives add anything they want to their web pages about state business.
• 10/ 7/1997: Radio Story - State Democrats are being real careful about campaign fundraising in the wave of illegal allegations against Clinton.
• 10/ 7/1997: Radio Story - The State Democratic Party says if Attorney General Nixon or U-S Representative William Clay ask the party to settle conflict, it will get involved.
• 9/25/1997: Radio Story - Despite all the political rhetoric about partial-birth abortions, none have ever been reported in Missouri, according to the Health Department.
• 9/25/1997: Newspaper Story - Democrats help build houses for the low income.
• 9/19/1997: Newspaper Story - House leaders to try again Friday to get House approval of the package of tax breaks for developers.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - A debate concerning the legislature's power over administrative rules slowed down progress of the economic development bill.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - Black Caucus members get promises in return for support for the economic-development, business tax-break bill.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - The House voted down, at least initially, the economic development package of tax cuts for developers.
• 9/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Health coverage requirement stripped from the legislature's tax-break, economic development bill.
• 9/16/1997: Radio Story - A top Missouri business organization is opposing a health insurance requirement the House stuck onto an economic development bill.
• 9/11/1997: Radio Story - Senator Kinder introduced partial-birth legislation identical to that vetoed by Governor Carnahan in July
• 9/11/1997: Radio Story - Two new abortion bills, with opposing perspectives, are introduced into the Senate
• 9/11/1997: Radio Story - The lone Republican who voted against the partial-birth abortion over-ride has the support of the party leader.
• 9/11/1997: Newspaper Story - Anti-abortion forces call for a delay on abortion legislation while the governor calls for action in the special session.
• 9/11/1997: Radio Story - The sponser of the vetoed partial-birth abortion bill says he wants to go home and leave the issue for next session.
• 9/11/1997: Radio Story - Governor Carnahan may in effect be sending a dead bill on partial-birth abortion to lawmakers. Senate Minority Leader sees it as a possible reason to adjourn session.
• 9/10/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor adds partial-birth abortion to the legislature's special session.
• 9/ 9/1997: Radio Story - The top senate leader of the Democrat Party says he will vote to over-ride the governor's partial-birth abortion veto.
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - The special legislative session called by Governor Carnahan will focus on two primary issues
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - A concensus on partial-birth abortion must be reached before the issue will be added to the legislative agenda
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Sponsor of partial birth abortion bill wants to override Governor Carnahan's veto.
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - State funds send nine legislators to Hawaii. Speaker Gaw pays his own way.
• 8/29/1997: Newspaper Story - Compromise rejected to avoid a veto overrride effort on the legislature's partial-birth abortion ban.
• 8/29/1997: Newspaper Story - Democrats ask Sen. Bond to clarify his professional relationship with Don Sipple, a top GOP media consultant.
• 8/28/1997: Radio Story - State government's administration director rejects a law against computer games -- like the one proposed for federal workers.
• 5/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Legislative session ends passing a tax cut but failing on a number of other major issues.
• 5/15/1997: Radio Story - Three of the year's major issues - tax cuts, child support enforcement and welfare reform - are still before legislators hours away from the end of the session.
• 5/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Republicans chose a white male abortion opponent as their new floor leader.
• 5/ 1/1997: Radio Story - The next two weeks will be hectic for lawmakers and their staffs as they vote on the major issues for this session.
• 5/ 1/1997: Newspaper Story - About $14,600 in reimbursements were disbursed based on the questionable receipts.
• 5/ 1/1997: Radio Story - Feature background on Attorney General Jay Nixon's decision to sue the tobacco industry.
• 4/29/1997: Newspaper Story - Hours after Mark Richardson resigned as Minority Floor Leader, the campaing for his seat began.
• 4/29/1997: Radio Story - The House GOP leader resigns and pleads guilty to drunken driving.
• 4/29/1997: Radio Story - The GOP's only black House member announces for party floor leader.
• 4/28/1997: Newspaper Story - After spending over an hour and a half behind closed doors, House Republicans have come to no decision on the Mark Richardson issue.
• 4/28/1997: Radio Story - After the republican caucus meeting, Mark Richardson is still the republican house minority leader
• 4/28/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's Repbulican representatives continue to debate the future of their leader after his drunk driving arrest this weekend.
• 4/24/1997: Radio Story - Senator Marvin Singleton, a physician, wondered why it took so long for Attorney General Jay Nixon to file suit against several tobacco companies.
• 4/23/1997: Newspaper Story - After refusing to discuss the issue last week, Attorney General Jay Nixon announced Tuesday he is joining the tobacco lawsuits.
• 4/23/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate floor leader laughed when he heard the House voted for the legislature to take over the entire Capitol.
• 4/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Conservative lawmakers form the legislative caucus COWS for women.
• 4/17/1997: Newspaper Story - The state attorney general refuses to discuss what position he will take on the tobacco industry negotiations.
• 4/17/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's attorney general refuses to discuss the state position on a settlement that will strip smokers of right to sue cigarette companies.
• 4/17/1997: Radio Story - Fred Goldman joins Attorney General Jay Nixon in support of victims rights
• 4/17/1997: Radio Story - House Republicans and Democrats have welcomed the only independent representative with open arms. But will the hospitality pay off for either party.
• 4/16/1997: Newspaper Story - Gov. Mel Carnahan might be packing up and moving out of the state Capitol under a resolution passed by the House Budget Committee.
• 4/15/1997: Radio Story - The legislature would take over the governor's office under a resolution approved by the House Budget Committee.
• 4/15/1997: Radio Story - Now, there's one independent in the Missouri House of Representatives.
• 4/10/1997: Radio Story - Feature on lawmakers who have a personal stake in the managed health care issue before the state legislature.
• 4/ 9/1997: Newspaper Story - Missourians would have more access to issues concerning to MU system under a bill that would require open sessions for certain counceling committees.
• 4/ 8/1997: Radio Story - House election committee reviewed bill that would establish presidential primary system in Missouri.
• 4/ 8/1997: Radio Story - A Louisians resident urged Missouri lawmakers to keep money from the gambling industry out of campaigns and elections.
• 4/ 7/1997: Radio Story - The House passed a measure simplifying campaign finance reporting and making lobbyist spending records easier to access.
• 4/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Three General Assembly members have professions that directly link them to the manged care debate.
• 4/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Should legislators vote on an issue if they have a conflicting interest?
• 4/ 1/1997: Radio Story - The Missouri Republican Party has brought out the big guns in a full fledged attack against alleged Democrat scandals, targeting St. Louis Senator, "Jet" Banks as the biggest offender.
• 3/20/1997: Radio Story - Missouri House of Representatives welcomed new equipment earlier this week with open arms.
• 3/19/1997: Radio Story - Proposed legislation would require bi-partisan representation in tax-payer supported research facilities
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - The bill would require initiative petition circulators to be a registered voter in county for 15 days.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - A 34 year veteran of the Missouri National Guard is appointed to a higher rank.
• 3/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Secretary of State Rebecca Cook is asking legislators to give her authority to investigate election fraud.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - The Senate has begun debate over a bill that would ban law makers from accepting lobbyist gifts.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill would remove minor parties from Missouri ballots.
• 2/20/1997: Radio Story - Feature on the House majority leader's opposition to the Senate idea to repeal campaign contribution limits.
• 2/19/1997: Radio Story - The Senate passes an increase in the legislative expense allowance.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate approves a hike in the legislative expense allowance.
• 2/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The first copy of Missouri legislation in braille was presented.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker proposes making it easier to remove parties from the election ballot.
• 2/18/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Budget Committee voted 16-15 against a proposed increase in their daily expense allowance.
• 2/18/1997: Radio Story - The Missouri House Budget Committee voted down an increase in the money they receive to cover their expenses.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Background feature on a senate bill that would limit what legislators can accept from lobbiests.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker considers resigning after being arrested for drunken driving.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill that would increase legislators' daily expense allowance.
• 1/30/1997: Radio Story - Bi-partisan support announced for governor's tax cut on groceries.
• 1/28/1997: Newspaper Story - Ban on lobbyist gifts to legislators proposed to a Senate Committee.
• 1/27/1997: Radio Story - The Senate votes to reject a proposed boost in legislative and judicial pay raises.
• 1/23/1997: Radio Story - Senate delays action on resolution to turn down a pay raise for lawmakers.
• 1/21/1997: Radio Story - Filibuster mentioned to stop a vote on the resolution that rejects pay raises.
• 1/20/1997: Radio Story - Senate committee votes down legislative pay hike plan.
• 1/16/1997: Newspaper Story - Pay hikes for judges and legislators rejected by Missouri's House.
• 1/16/1997: Radio Story - Missouri House members debated for over three hours and finally voted against their own pay raise.
• 1/16/1997: Radio Story - Some black lawmakers say they need a pay raise because they don't have a second job.
• 1/15/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Rules Committee approves a resolution rejecting a proposed pay increase for lawmakers.
• 1/15/1997: Radio Story - The House Rules Committee approves a resolution rejecting their proposed pay increase.
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - Two new representatives and one Senator were sworn in on the first day of the new Legislative session.
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - After 32 years, the governor's inauguration was held inside at the Capitol Rotunda and most didn't mind.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - Winter weather moved the Inauguration inside for the first time in 36 years.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - The governor who started outdoor inaugurations for Missouri endorses holding 1997's inside.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - Carnahan meets with students immediately after his innauguration.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - Gov. Carnahan's inaugural address makes educating Missouri's youth his top priority.
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor's inauguration speech and reaction
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - Carnahan meets with students as his first act of his second term as governor.
• 1/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Legislative pay raises emerging as first major issue for state lawmakers.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Deceased House member remebered by colleagues on the opening day of the session.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Senate's leader says tax cuts will be one of the top issues for the 1997 legislative session.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - House opens first day of session with a partisan feud.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - House Speaker Steve Gaw outlines priorities for the upcoming session on the opening day.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Senate leader says pay raise will be an early issue for the Senate.
• 1/ 8/1997: Newspaper Story - 1997 legislative session starts with party spat in the House.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Missouri Senate President Pro-Tem speaks about the pay-raise issue in a speech to the Senate.
• 1/ 8/1997: Radio Story - The House rejects a GOP effort to capiture a House leadership slot.
• 1/ 7/1997: Radio Story - 1997 session of Missouri's legislature begins Wednesday.
• 1/ 7/1997: Radio Story - House Republicans consider offering their only black member as candidate for House leadership.