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April 2006 Stories

• 4/30/2006: News summary for the week of April 24, 2006
• 4/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A partial root canal briefly replaced Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia from a powerful House-Senate conference committee on Tuesday.
• 4/27/2006: Newspaper Story - This bill passed out of a Senate committee would bar eminent domain for "predominantly" economic development.
• 4/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A proposal to cap state funding for colleges and universities at 2002 levels remains alive as the legislature enters the last two weeks of the session.
• 4/27/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate passed a bill Thursday that would combine current state-offered scholarships for both public and private schools into one program.
• 4/26/2006: Radio Story - The bill would make all official proceedings to be held in English.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - Sen. Tim Green defends his record with Vietnam veterans.
• 4/25/2006: Newspaper Story - The outbreak of mumps in the Midwest is spreading to Missouri.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - A bill won first round approval in the Senate Monday to penalize employers who hire illegal immigrants.
• 4/25/2006: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that requires gasoline distributors to sell ethanol-blended gasoline.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - The bill will prohibit those who have performed abortions from playing a part in sex education.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that would entice the DaimlerChrysler plant to stay open in Fenton.
• 4/24/2006: Radio Story - Democrat Wes Shoemyer and Republican Allen Icet have different interpretations on the pending sale of MOHELA.
• 4/24/2006: Radio Story - Republican Senator Bill Alter is sponsoring a bill that would, among other things, train the Highway Patrol to enforce immigration laws.
• 4/24/2006: Radio Story - The bill would require a state issued photo ID to vote.
• 4/23/2006: News summary for the week of April 17, 2006
• 4/22/2006: Newspaper Story - Legislators both in support and opposed the sale of student loans have questioned the legality of the proposal
• 4/21/2006: Newspaper Story - A plan to cap funding for higher education institutions is headed to a Senate committee hearing.
• 4/20/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate debated well into Thursday afternoon over the issue of requiring voters to produce a photo ID at the polls.
• 4/20/2006: Newspaper Story - UMKC's Institute for Human Development misused its name in a brochure, according to a university spokesman.
• 4/20/2006: Radio Story - The Senate approved the legislation 23 to 10 despite Democratic filibuster attempts.
• 4/19/2006: Newspaper Story - The budget proposal will cost the system money.
• 4/19/2006: Radio Story - Debate centered around embryonic stem cell research and cloning, while the bill didn't address either subject.
• 4/19/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate is moving on legislation to increase resources in an emergency fund for immediate use.
• 4/19/2006: Radio Story - Missouri Department of Agriculture Veterinarian Taylor Woods suggests Missouri's hot summer might help fend off the bird flu if it comes to the US.
• 4/19/2006: Radio Story - The bill will prohibit universities from knowingly accepting illegal aliens.
• 4/19/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House perfected a bill Wednesday that would allocate money to fund adult stem cell research.
• 4/18/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House Budget Committee drops a proposal to use college loan sale profits to help finance a prison.
• 4/18/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House passes legislation to expand lobbyist disclosure requirements.
• 4/18/2006: Radio Story - The Senate gave first round approval to a bill today that would increase dam regulation in the state.
• 4/18/2006: Radio Story - Democrats were caught off guard when a bill about campaign finance was passed for perfection.
• 4/18/2006: Radio Story - In a 7-1 vote, members of the Senate Transportation Committee voted to move HB 1532, a bill on auto emissions in St. Louis, to the Senate floor for further debate.
• 4/17/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Farm Bureau announces opposition to the House-passed bill on eminent domain.
• 4/17/2006: Radio Story - The Kansas City Star reported the FBI is investigating political appointments made by the Governor.
• 4/17/2006: Radio Story - The bureau says that bill does not adequately protect home owners and does not do enough to stop eminent domain abuse.
• 4/16/2006: News summary for the week of April 10, 2006
• 4/14/2006: Newspaper Story - The Ticket to Work bill would restore medical assistance to disabled workers.
• 4/13/2006: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon received an injunction Thursday that resolves lawsuit he filed against the mobile home company in 2004
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Lobbyist issues have gotten special attention in the past several months.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - There is some comment, but little specifics behinds rumblings of an investigation concerning lobbying in Missouri.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Even supporters say the bill doesn't go far enough to curb abuses.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Boone County legislators sounded off on a possible investigation about lobbying in Jefferson City.
• 4/12/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Transportation is building a storehouse to hold ancient artifacts while struggling to fund building better roads.
• 4/12/2006: Radio Story - House debate went late into the night and the result was an overwhelming majority that voted to essentially continue developers' leverage to use eminent domain.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - In townhall fashion, the president addressed the administration's new Medicare plan.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - Pharmacists converged on the capitol steps to blast the new Medicare prescription drug program hours after President George Bush promoted the plan a few blocks away.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - President Bush visited with Missouri seniors and watched them sign up for Medicare Part D Tuesday.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House passed a bill that would cap higher education tuition to match the common price index.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - The democratic party questioned Sen. Jim Talent's Medicare success numbers for Missourians saying they are misleading and inaccurate.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - Are the president's low poll numbers a liability to Republican Party candidates in the 2006 elections?
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - Supporters and protesters alike hoped to see the Commander and Chief
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - Rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system is the bill's aim. Gov. Blunt's endorsement came on the same day.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - Rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system is the bill's aim. Gov. Blunt's endorsement came on the same day.
• 4/10/2006: Radio Story - Farmers use organic material otherwise slated for the landfill to create fertilizer.
• 4/10/2006: Radio Story - The House will debate the bill Tuesday.
• 4/10/2006: Radio Story - The committee plans to hold public hearings this spring.
• 4/ 7/2006: News summary for the week of April 3, 2006
• 4/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The House voted to pass a bill that repeals the Missouri's helmet law.
• 4/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - Proponents of the bill would protect people who use deadly force in self-defense from prosecution.
• 4/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - Scandals in Washington have made ethics reform a priority in Missouri.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - The House gave first round approval to a bill that would give immunity to those who shoot a home invader.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Republican Scott Rupp won in the contentious St. Charles County race.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Missourians with mentally disabled family members went straight to Jefferson City to keep lawmakers from cutting their loved ones' lifelines.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill reports Missouri high schools are reporting inaccurate information regarding their graduation rates.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Some lawmakers are concerned about the impact ethanol will have on the price Missouri drivers pay at the pump.
• 4/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - Members of the People for Public Schools protested against a bill that they call a voucher bill.
• 4/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - Legislative wrangling over how to spend the $450 million expected from the sale of college loans continues to raise questions over whether the funds will even be available.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - Senator Engler says cellphones and business fax-lines need to be protected from telemarketers and unwanted advertisements.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - A house bill will give motorcyclists the option of not wearing a helment.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - In a 132-23 vote Thursday, the Missouri House decided to send a bill to the Senate that allows Missourians to use force to protect themselves in the event of an intrusion on private property.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - The governor, House and Senate all have different ideas on how to spend the profits of a possible sale of the state college loan authority.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's House passed a bill allowing tax breaks for donations to certain pregnancy resource centers. But those centers offering information on abortion are not eligible for the incentive.
• 4/ 3/2006: Radio Story - Fifty National Guard soldiers will help with security in Caruthersville Missouri.
• 4/ 3/2006: Radio Story - With only six weeks left in this year's legislative session, bills still sitting in committee or ones that haven't even been assigned yet face an uphill battle.
• 4/ 3/2006: Radio Story - The senate majority floor leaders says he temporarily resigned to be consistent with senate bill 1254