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2004 Social Services Stories

• 11/16/2016: 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.
• 12/13/2004: Radio Story - Daniel Shipley brought his lawsuit aimed at reclaiming tax dollars from Planned Parenthood to Cole County Circuit Court on Monday.
• 12/ 8/2004: Newspaper Story - After presenting her latest audit finding, McCaskill said she wants to continue being Missouri's state auditor after the 2006 election. She said she is unsure about running again for governor.
• 11/22/2004: Newspaper Story - Democratic Chairman Roger Wilson will meet with some of Missouri's top Democratic leaders to discuss the future of the party.
• 11/ 3/2004: Newspaper Story - Former Secretary of State Bekki Cook decided not to contest the lieutenant general's race after losing a by a nail-biting margin to Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Giradeau. Cook conceded to Kinder on the morning after elections.
• 10/11/2004: Newspaper Story - In a press conference Monday, Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell defended Democratic gubernatorial candidate Claire McCaskill's record on nursing home reform.
• 9/ 1/2004: Newspaper Story - Gov. Holden unsure of whether convening a special session this month is necessary.
• 9/ 1/2004: Radio Story - Gov. Bob Holden is unsure whether he will call a special session. He says there are many issues that could be addressed. But, Holden said there is not a large interest for a special session from other legislative leaders.
• 5/13/2004: Radio Story - We take a closer look at the issues involved in changing Medicaid, and through one woman's experience see how those issues affect the people Medicaid serves.
• 5/12/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a Springfield nurse accused of violating the law by failing to report suspected child abuse.
• 5/10/2004: Radio Story - Jobs Now was meant to create new jobs in Missouri by targeting industries able to offer high-wage jobs in the future. The governor's package was stalled in the Senate because of a long list of amendments.
• 5/ 7/2004: Newspaper Story - As the legislative session enters its final week, the priorities presented by the Republican leadership remain mostly unachieved.
• 5/ 4/2004: Newspaper Story - The legislature passed lower and higher education budgets and continued working on the budget.
• 4/27/2004: Radio Story - Workers say republicans don't support their need for workers compensation and unemployment benefits.
• 4/27/2004: Radio Story - More than twenty-five hundred showed up outside the Capitol lawn including leading democrats who lashed out against Republicans
• 4/15/2004: Radio Story - A bill to double the length required before evicting mobile home owners comes after some of the bill sponsor's constituents faced a difficult eviction.
• 4/ 8/2004: Radio Story - McCaskill's audit on child abuse contains statistics she calls alarming
• 4/ 5/2004: Newspaper Story - Republican lawmakers dismissed Gov. Bob Holden's call for a constitutional amendment Monday to make it more difficult for the legislature to cut state funding for health coverage for welfare recipients.
• 4/ 5/2004: Radio Story - Governor Bob Holden proposed a constitutional amendment today for what he says will protect health insurance for thousands of Missouri children, but some Republicans feels the move may simply be a way to bolster support for his campaign.
• 4/ 1/2004: Radio Story - Under the bill, unspecified medicaid programs, which currently expand to fund all who are eligible, would have set budgets. Advocates say the change is needed to keep medicaid going.
• 3/30/2004: Newspaper Story - Missouri legislators heard another plea Tuesday for the state to stop sending government financed jobs overseas.
• 3/30/2004: Radio Story - House Communications Committee hears bill that would restrict the use of foreign call centers
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to require annual recalculation of the reimbursements to nursing homes.
• 3/18/2004: Radio Story - State and private foster care agencies would be required to ask applicants if they are having sex out of wedlock. One Democrate says the bill may be aimed at same-sex couples.
• 3/17/2004: Newspaper Story - If a Missourian from one of the state's nearly 245,000 households in Food Stamp Program calls a toll-free number with questions, it is answered by a call center employee 8000 miles away in Mumbia, India, formerly known as Bombay.
• 3/ 1/2004: Radio Story - A bill was introduced in Missouri's legislature to bridge a gap in the federal Medicare Act that will take effect in 2006.
• 2/17/2004: Radio Story - House Speaker Catherine Hanaway has sponsored another bill to change the foster care system because Governor Holden vetoed a similar one last year.
• 2/16/2004: An audit relased by Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill shows that more than 90 percent of tax credits meant to help with the adoption of Missouri children, funded mostly international adoptions instead.
• 2/ 9/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate plans to hear a bill for the second time today that will allow people to keep more property when they declare bankruptcy. The bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Charlie Shields, will exempt personal property like wedding rings that are worth less than $1,500.