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2009 Safety Stories

• 12/ 3/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri National Guard will not be sending extra troops to Afghanistan
• 12/ 1/2009: Newspaper Story - Texting while driving, as well as other issues, will be addressed during the upcoming legislative session.
• 11/16/2009: Newspaper Story - One Missouri legislator says that private prisons may be a good thing for the state to help keep prisoners safe and communities afloat.
• 11/10/2009: Radio Story - Person called Sonitrol, who then called police.
• 11/10/2009: Radio Story - Police searched all ten floors of the Governor Office Building, no hostage found.
• 11/10/2009: Newspaper Story - Timeline of events as the Jefferson City hostage situation unfolded
• 11/10/2009: Newspaper Story - Reports of a hostage situation in state government offices closed portions of downtown Jefferson City on Tuesday.
• 11/10/2009: Newspaper Story - To some workers in Jefferson City, reports of a hostage situation were not a big deal.
• 11/ 6/2009: Radio Story - The Natural Resources Department could learn valuable lessons from other Missouri lakes in keeping the Lake of the Ozarks clean
• 11/ 5/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources points to animals as the cause of E. coli contamination but septic tanks are also a culprit.
• 11/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - Links to the week-long series on the history and causes of Ecoli pollution in Missouri
• 11/ 4/2009: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon made opening remarks at a conference aimed at strengthen DWI laws
• 11/ 3/2009: Radio Story - State agencies not talking to each other leads to harmful substances staying in the Lake of the Ozarks
• 11/ 2/2009: Radio Story - How E. coli really affects you if you come in contact with it
• 10/29/2009: Radio Story - The Lake of the Ozarks' development boom led to warning signs of possible water quality issues.
• 10/27/2009: Radio Story - The first two weeks of flu season show rapid increases than previous years.
• 10/21/2009: Newspaper Story - From St. Louis to Kansas City, Missouri cities differ on use of red light cameras
• 10/16/2009: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon blames a former DNR deputy director for withholding vital E. coli infomation
• 10/15/2009: Radio Story - State representataives have started discussing the possibility of a new committee that would provide oversight over a controversial government agency.
• 10/14/2009: Newspaper Story - City efforts to stop meth production face attacks from the ACLU
• 10/14/2009: Radio Story - Senator Brad Lager, leader of the investigation of E. coli at the Lake of the Ozarks, said he is sure there is a coverup underway.
• 10/ 6/2009: Radio Story - Missouri citizens have no reason to worry about the storage of fly ash.
• 10/ 1/2009: Radio Story - In response to ongoing controversy surrounding E. coli levels at the Lake of the Ozarks, officials say there was a cover up within the Department of Natural Resources
• 9/30/2009: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon has suspended the Department of Natural Resources director and has ordered an investigation into the department.
• 9/30/2009: Radio Story - In a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon blamed the Department of Natural Resources for not closing Ozark beaches, thus endangering Missourians.
• 9/28/2009: Newspaper Story - This morning the first red light camera case was dismissed.
• 9/23/2009: Radio Story - Governor Jay Nixon details plan with Department of Natural Resources on how they will clean up the Lake of the Ozarks.
• 9/16/2009: Newspaper Story - State legislators were unable to override any of Gov. Nixon's vetoes Wednesday
• 9/15/2009: Newspaper Story - Legislative leaders expect Gov. Nixon's vetos to be sustained Wednesday
• 9/15/2009: Radio Story - House members argue how best to govern MIAC five months after the agency had a report leaked on militias in the United States.
• 9/ 3/2009: Radio Story - Department of Corrections prepares for possible Swine Flu outbreak
• 9/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - Officials across the state are making preparations for the spread of H1N1
• 9/ 1/2009: Radio Story - Swine flu hits Jefferson City.
• 9/ 1/2009: Radio Story - The University of Missouri is now seeing cases of H1N1 virus
• 8/28/2009: Newspaper Story - As a Missouri law banning texting for drivers under 21 takes effect today, law enforcement and government officials question whether enforcement will be possible.
• 5/14/2009: Newspaper Story - The Senate passes abortion legislation stripped of coercion language.
• 5/14/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate held a late night debate on abortion and passed a bill that would place stricter limitations on abortions.
• 5/14/2009: Radio Story - The House passed a bill which gives public defenders the right to turn down a trial.
• 5/13/2009: Radio Story - A possible ban on texting while driving is back in play in the State Capitol.
• 5/ 6/2009: Radio Story - Cigarette house fires cause about 800 deaths a year, and a House bill aimed at decreasing that number has reached the governor's desk.
• 4/30/2009: Radio Story - There is no safe cigarette, but the Missouri Senate has adopted a bill could make cigarettes safer for those who smoke in bed.
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - A bill to protect motorcyclists from police harassment passed through the House and Senate unscathed...almost.
• 4/29/2009: Newspaper Story - Nixon announces probable case of swine flu in Missouri
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - A four bullet survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting spoke out against handguns on college campuses in the state Capitol Wednesday
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - Governor Nixon announces Missouri's first possible swine flu case.
• 4/28/2009: Newspaper Story - The conceal and carry provision that would allow guns on Missouri campuses is unlikely to get passed, some senators say.
• 4/28/2009: Radio Story - One Missouri Senator says he doesn't think concealed guns will be allowed on college campuses.
• 4/27/2009: Radio Story - Recent outbreak of the swine flu has the Department of Health and Senior Services implementing their plan to respond to pandemic flu.
• 4/21/2009: Radio Story - Persons who deal drugs in front of children would face mandatory prison time under a measure approved by Missouri's House Tuesday.
• 4/16/2009: Newspaper Story - The House passed a bill today with an attached amendment allowing concealed carry of handguns on college campuses on the anniversary of the Va. Tech massacre
• 4/16/2009: Radio Story - Missouri's House approves a measure to expand DNA sampling of persons arrested.
• 4/16/2009: Radio Story - On the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, the Missouri House passed a bill that would allow 21 year olds to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.
• 4/14/2009: Radio Story - A slew of bills from Missouri's House and Senate are trying to protect one thing: your identity. A college student found out the hard way that the state has no law requiring businesses to tell you if hackers break into your account.
• 4/ 9/2009: Radio Story - Missouri House votes to put a cap on salaries with tips
• 4/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - House adopts amendment that allows guns in college classrooms
• 4/ 8/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House adopts an amendment to allow guns on campuses
• 4/ 7/2009: Radio Story - In reports obtained from a Sunshine law request, MIAC cites a publicly edited online database as a source.
• 4/ 7/2009: Radio Story - Identity theft is on the rise, and some are attributing this statistic to Missouri's lax identity theft laws.
• 4/ 2/2009: Radio Story - Missourians may have the chance to vote on whether to expand the state sex offender registry now that a joint resolution has passed the state Senate.
• 4/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - Joint Resolution to expand state sex offender registry passes Senate
• 4/ 1/2009: Radio Story - Two Senate Appropriations committee members call for more oversight of the Missouri Information Analysis Center, MIAC, more than a week after it released a report on U.S. militias.
• 3/31/2009: Newspaper Story - A proposed constitutional amendment would force thousands of more Mo. sex offenders register with the state
• 3/31/2009: Radio Story - A Senate Joint Resolution would put nearly 5,000 Missouri sexual offenders back on the sex offender registry.
• 3/31/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri State Highway Patrol refuses comment on a report that claims third party political supporters are dangerous and violent.
• 3/30/2009: Radio Story - House members want to put out the number of house fires caused by cigarettes.
• 3/17/2009: Radio Story - A bill giving teacher's the right to use force, including spanking has been introduced to Missouri's Senate. Alex Rozier has more from the State Capitol.
• 3/12/2009: Newspaper Story - Bill passed Senate which would allow motorcyclists to run red lights under certain conditions
• 3/12/2009: Newspaper Story - The state Senate passed a bill which would regulate private prisons for the first time
• 3/12/2009: Radio Story - One man's tractor parade is another man's comic relief. The Missouri House voted to ease restrictions banning some tractors from parades, but the debate wasn't completely serious.
• 3/11/2009: Radio Story - Despite Governor Jay Nixon's opposition to anti-abortion legislation, the House passed such a bill to the Senate with over two thirds majority.
• 3/11/2009: Newspaper Story - House committee passes fiscal year 2010 budget bills
• 3/10/2009: Newspaper Story - Hearing held today for bill introduced by Columbia's state senator which would limit the damages an individual could receive for injury or death incurred by improperly stored carbon dioxide.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - An issue sparked by the City Utilities of Springfield, MO lead to a discussion by the state's Senators of the possibility of pumping carbon dioxide into the ground, some witnesses saying it could kill many people.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - For the eleventh year in a row, witnesses lined up Tuesday to ask Missouri lawmakers to do something about drivers who refuse to strap on their seat belts.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - The House Privacy Committee heard a bill Tuesday that will make it illegal to force someone to have a personal identification chip put under their skin.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - A proposal to cap liability for carbon sequestration projects in Missouri raised concerns that it could lead to unsafe methods in this new clean coal technology.
• 3/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - Seeking to avoid 'Octo-mom' in Mo., measure filed that would limit how many eggs a doctor could implant in a woman.
• 3/ 4/2009: Radio Story - A St. Louis area law-maker urged her colleagues Wednesday to let Motorcyclists run red lights.
• 3/ 4/2009: Radio Story - A personal testimony of rape was told to the Senate Education Committee today.
• 3/ 3/2009: Radio Story - The state's most powerful gun lobby urged legislators to allow individuals the right to kill if threatened anywhere on their privately owned property.
• 3/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - A new bill introduced would increase penalties for those caught on camera running a red light to the same as being caught by a police officer
• 2/26/2009: Radio Story - If you leave your car on the side of the road it could be gone after 10 hours if one central Missouri Senator gets his way.
• 2/25/2009: Radio Story - Red light cameras around Missouri won't be removed any time soon.
• 2/24/2009: Newspaper Story - Criminal sentences would be closer to reality under a proposal filed by Columbia's senator.
• 2/24/2009: Radio Story - A man who represents drunk drivers urged legislatures to continuously monitor them for booze.
• 2/18/2009: Radio Story - Putting red light cameras to a stop had lawmakers' wheels turning Wednesday.
• 2/18/2009: Radio Story - State Senators agree the amount of nuclear waste traveling through this state needs to decrease.
• 2/17/2009: Newspaper Story - Despite four recent cell-phone-related traffic fatalities in Missouri, several state representatives said a bill restricting handheld cell phone usage while driving will likely not be passed into law this session.
• 2/17/2009: Radio Story - Missouri is one of only six states that has no law telling people if their personal information has been stolen.
• 2/17/2009: Radio Story - A dozen states have laws that restrict drivers from using their hand-held cell phones. One lawmaker says Missouri should too.
• 2/17/2009: Radio Story - Missouri's Transportation Department Strongly Opposes A Potential Change In a Motorcycle Helmet Law. Alex Rozier has more from the Capitol.
• 2/16/2009: Radio Story - First round approval was given to a House bill that would give teachers the power of knowledge.
• 2/10/2009: Newspaper Story - Senate Committee hears testimony on dogfighting bills
• 2/ 9/2009: Radio Story - Missouri's emergency management chief says life for many southeast Missourians is back to normal, although some remain in the dark.
• 2/ 3/2009: Radio Story - A Missouri House Committee heard testimony in favor of a bill that would impose fire-safety regulations on cigarettes
• 2/ 3/2009: Radio Story - A bill letting teachers use force, including spanking, to protect and to discipline students cleared the House Education Committee Tuesday.
• 2/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - Public safety officials urged the state Tuesday to find funds to finance a statewide emergency communication system.
• 2/ 3/2009: Radio Story - Officials say an upgraded public communication system could save lives.
• 1/29/2009: Newspaper Story - Five bills have been introduced seeking to restrict handheld phone usage while driving
• 1/15/2009: Radio Story - Dixon appointed Chair of House Committee on Transportation