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• 12/18/2007: Newspaper Story - House bill 1352 removes registered sex offenders from university housing
• 10/22/2007: Newspaper Story - University of Missouri System adopts code of conduct agreement
• 10/ 1/2007: Newspaper Story - The University of Missouri system has not been contacted about signing a state sponsored student loan code of conduct regarding their preferred lender list,
• 9/10/2007: Radio Story - A Cole County judge will hear a request Tuesday to halt a 230 million dollar transfer from the Missouri college loan program to the state government to be used for the governor's building program.
• 9/10/2007: Newspaper Story - The MoHELA Lawsuit begins Tuesday to try to stop the state mandated transfer of funds on Friday
• 9/ 5/2007: Radio Story - The chief attorney for half of Missouri public schools anticipates that the fight to change school funding will continue.
• 9/ 5/2007: Radio Story - Vice Chairman of the Committee for Education Equality was surprised by last Wednesday's school funding ruling, and anticipates an appeal
• 5/ 9/2007: Newspaper Story - Students have three weeks left to sign up for virtual schools
• 5/ 7/2007: Radio Story - If the Missouri General Assembly approves Gov. Blunt's proposed sale of MOHELA assets, Rep. Zweifel vows to petition moving decision to ballot in November of 2008.
• 5/ 7/2007: Radio Story - The Missouri House of Representatives finally passed the sale of MOHELA bill after a fight by many Democratic members to force the bill back to the Senate.
• 5/ 7/2007: Newspaper Story - Repulicans call it the
• 5/ 3/2007: Newspaper Story - The governor's Campus Security Task Force met for the first time to begin plans for a report on Higher Education.
• 5/ 1/2007: Radio Story - Missouri's House Higher Education Committee voted Tuesday to keep an amendment which allows legislators without a graduate degree to teach political science at state universities.
• 5/ 1/2007: Newspaper Story - House committee passes MOHELA bill
• 4/30/2007: Radio Story - Representative Ed Robb announced Monday a new agreement to bring back 31.2 million dollars to the University of Missouri-Columbia campus for the new Ellis Fischel (FISH-L) Cancer Center.
• 4/30/2007: Newspaper Story - An agreement between state legislators and the governor could restore $31.2 million to MU's new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia, said Monday.
• 4/25/2007: Newspaper Story - The state Senate on Wednesday once again showed their disapproval of embryonic stem-cell research by putting limitations on life sciences research.
• 4/25/2007: Newspaper Story - In a short Senate Education Committee meeting Wednesday, student, professors and lobbyists spoke on a bill that the sponsor said will stop college students from being discriminated against because of their religious or political views.
• 4/25/2007: Radio Story - MoHELA bill passes the Senate Chamber. Fanna (FAUNA) Haile-Selassie (HIGH-lay-sah-LAH-say) heard the arguments
• 4/25/2007: Radio Story - Bill proposes increasing intellectual diversity in classrooms
• 4/25/2007: Newspaper Story - Senate give final passage to MOHELA plan
• 4/23/2007: Newspaper Story - The House Budget chair offers little hope for restoring University of Missouri projects that were to be funded by MOHELA.
• 4/19/2007: Newspaper Story - The state's flagship university lost most of it's construction funding through the proposed MOHELA sale after a nine hour Democratic Filibuster in the Senate
• 4/19/2007: Newspaper Story - The Senate early Thursday morning gave inital passage to a bill that includes the governor's MOHELA plan. More than $46 million was also struck from UMKC and UMC
• 4/17/2007: Newspaper Story - Virginia's shootings prompt Missouri's governor to appoint a task force on college safety.
• 4/16/2007: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed the state's $21 billion budget, which includes a more than 4 percent increase to higher education and the University of Missouri System.
• 4/12/2007: Newspaper Story - House passes intellectual diversity bill
• 4/12/2007: Newspaper Story - Republican leadership said they have been patient with the Democrats objections with the higer education bill but that patience may be wearing thin
• 4/11/2007: Newspaper Story - They UM system interm preisdent on Tuesday and Wednesday visited with legislators to talk about important budget and higher education issues.
• 4/11/2007: Newspaper Story - A House bill that estabilises the Emily Brooker Intellectual Diversity Act was passed Wednesday in the House
• 4/ 4/2007: Newspaper Story - Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, speaks on SB 389, his day-to-day activity and his relationship with unvierstiy leaders
• 3/27/2007: Newspaper Story - As the 2008 budget came before the House of Representatives Tuesday the amount of funds being designated to higher education and the purpose behind doubling the virtual schools program was questioned
• 3/14/2007: Radio Story - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay visited the capitol to testify in support of a bill that will allow the mayor's office to sponsor charter schools.
• 3/14/2007: Newspaper Story - The governor's plan to sell off some of the state's higher education loan authority assets is in a political quagmire. Not only will Republicans and Democrats decide on a plan, but Democrats cannot come to an agreement amongst themselves, one Senate Democrat said Wednesday.
• 3/13/2007: Newspaper Story - Republicans approached Democrats Tuesday encouraging a compromise after a 15 hour hour filibuster Monday kept the Senate in session overnight
• 3/12/2007: Newspaper Story - Two former University of Missouri Board of Curators on Sunday came out against the governor's plan to sell off some of the assets of the state's loan authority, and said a lawsuit might be brought forward if the Senate passes a bill that authorizes the sell to fund campus building projects.
• 3/12/2007: Radio Story - Two former University of Missouri Curators have denounced MoHELA, creating more critism on Blunt's plan. Fanna (FAUNA) Haile-Selassie (HIGH-lay-suh-LAH-say) has more from the Capitol.
• 3/ 7/2007: Newspaper Story - The Senate Eduction Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would place a voting student member on university governing boards.
• 3/ 1/2007: Newspaper Story - Targeting illegal immigration is a growing issue in the legislature
• 2/28/2007: Newspaper Story - The House gave initial approval today to a bill that would ban illegals from attending the state's colleges and universities, but Democrats say it could result in funds being cut from schools
• 2/19/2007: Newspaper Story - A major proponet of the governor's plan to sell some of the assets of MOHELA to fund higher education buildings retracted his support for the plan late Monday.
• 2/19/2007: Radio Story - The House Democratic Leader sent a letter to the governor voicing his disapproval of the sale.
• 2/15/2007: Newspaper Story - UM System President Elson Floyd wants to keep medical research out of any building construction with funds from the proposed MOHELA sale
• 2/14/2007: Newspaper Story - Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, presented a substitute Wednesday that adds in buildings that were previously removed
• 2/ 7/2007: Radio Story - The Senate Education Committee approves a reduced version of the governor's plan to use college loan program assets for building construction projects.
• 2/ 7/2007: Radio Story - Missouri's governor continues to support constuction of college buildings eliminated by the Senate Education Committee.
• 2/ 7/2007: Newspaper Story - Governor's plan for MOHELA sell passes the education committee, but 6 of projects that might include any stem-cell research ight not receive funding
• 2/ 6/2007: Radio Story - Senators Chris Koster and Tim Green held a news conference on Tuesday concerning a new illegal immigration policy for the state of Missouri.
• 1/31/2007: Newspaper Story - University presidents spoke in favor of many provisions of a comprehensive higher education bill, including the governor's MOHELA plan in a committee meeting Wednesday
• 1/31/2007: Radio Story - The University of Missouri Board of Curators flip flop on stem cell
• 1/29/2007: Newspaper Story - Although there is no word from the governor's office about a special session, party lines are being drawn because of MOHELA
• 1/29/2007: Newspaper Story - The Senate's Cost of a College Education Committee has come out with a report with recommendations to improve higher education
• 1/25/2007: Newspaper Story - Senate confirms two new members of UM Board of Curators
• 1/24/2007: Newspaper Story - The Senate Education Committee discussed Senator Graham's student curator bill
• 1/24/2007: Newspaper Story - Blunt's education plan includes capping tuition and adding more funding to lower and higher education
• 1/22/2007: Newspaper Story - Another nomination to the board of curators is causing controversy in the senate. Judy Haggard is being questioned of her party affiliation
• 1/18/2007: Newspaper Story - A day-long filibuster stalled Senate action Thursday.
• 1/16/2007: Newspaper Story - The stem-cell research debate comes before a Senate committee Wednesday in the form of a higher education nomination.
• 1/10/2007: Newspaper Story - Gov. Blunt commended State Auditor Susan Montee on her plan to audit MoHELA