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April 2012 Stories

• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - House Committee approves a bill that would create a committee to study the future of Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - Local students gather at the Capitol for Sketch Day.
• 4/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Environmental groups criticized a bill that would allow Ameren to increase rates.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - Missouri environmental groups oppose increases in utility rates to construct a nuclear plant
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - Bill to require presidential candidates to provide birth record moves to Senate floor for final vote.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri Senate Committee heard a bill keeping animals from gaining rights equal or greater than human rights.
• 4/29/2012: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 23, 2012
• 4/26/2012: Radio Story - House passes bill that would protect whistle blowers, after opponents said it would limit their rights.
• 4/26/2012: Newspaper Story - MU students protested at the Capitol steps against high education cost.
• 4/26/2012: Radio Story - MU students gathered at the Capitol steps against high education costs.
• 4/26/2012: Radio Story - The usually civil MO Senate resorts to verbal jabs over a bill pertaining to the election of judges.
• 4/25/2012: Newspaper Story - A two day gridlock over the state's budget ended late Tuesday evening as the Senate passed their plan.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Senate has officially passed the state budget and now goes to conference committee.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate decided not to cut healthcare benefits for the blind and visually impaired.
• 4/25/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Senate approves a budget plan that would restore funding to the blind
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Senate committee hears emotional testimony on CPR bill.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Has the time come to raise the tobacco tax to save Missouri's economy?
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House endorses new requirements for economic development incentives following Mamtek failure.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The bill could make it harder for citizens to commit voter fraud and for non U.S citizens to register to vote.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Education reform bill at a stand still in the Senate
• 4/24/2012: Newspaper Story - After eight hours of debate Missouri's $24 billion budget has yet to receive a vote in the Senate.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - House approves bill that would require parental consent to use UV beds.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - A Profile of Franc Flotron; Former Missouri State Senator and Current Ponytailed Lobbyist.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - Controversial legislation would loosen transportation restrictions on radioactive chemicals.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - House passed a bill that would allow biological parents to have contact with their children after adoption.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate rejected an attempt to eliminate a proposed wage increase for state workers.
• 4/23/2012: Radio Story - Families at the Capitol remembered loved ones who died while on the job.
• 4/22/2012: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 16, 2012
• 4/19/2012: Newspaper Story - A week after the Senate Appropriations Committee finished mark-up, the budget has yet to be debated on the floor.
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Republicans block Senate vote on teacher tenure...by talking about cranberry bread
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri partner to apply for federal grant money to develop small modular reactors.
• 4/19/2012: Newspaper Story - Energy providers, Nixon announce grant application for new nuclear facilities
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - After House Democrats vote down a bill that would create gold currency, it passes.
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Molina Scores Low on Health Insurance Ratings.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Missouri military personnel criticized the state's National Guard in a Senate hearing Wednesday.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Cole County Circuit Clerk resigns following state audit found 'very serious' financial issues.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Both House and Senate approve measures to tighten laws on unlicensed childcare providers
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Senate passes bill changing laws and penalties for unlicensed child care facilities
• 4/18/2012: Newspaper Story - House adds "shameful" abortion amendment to bill on health coverage studies.
• 4/18/2012: Newspaper Story - House and Senate perfect and debate similar bills to crack down on unlicensed child care providers.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Representative adds an amendment to a bill to up the prices of malpractice insurance.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - State lawmakers battled late into the night on the baseball field.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - Missouri responds to Obama's mandate for birth control coverage.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - State Auditor gives fair report to license offices procedures and contracts.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - The state education board approves closing three Imagine charter academies in St. Louis.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - House General Laws committee hears a bill banning pets from the Capitol building.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - During a public hearing, testimonies made against the bill regarding voter I.D.'s was debated.
• 4/17/2012: Newspaper Story - Senate General Laws Committee hears testimony on bill which would modify Missouri's Sunshine Law
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The fight between free speech and religion continued at the state Capitol.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - Missouri students who transfer from a 2-year to a 4-year higher education institutions may be easier under a bill.
• 4/16/2012: Newspaper Story - State Auditor said he would appeal a court's ruling on a ballot issue that would eliminate the state's income tax
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri auditor will appeal a court ruling that struck down the fiscal note for a tax ballot initiative.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - House Committee passes slimmed down version of twice-vetoed workplace discrimination bill.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers debate Affordable Care Act
• 4/15/2012: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 9, 2012
• 4/12/2012: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee approves a $24 billion budget for the state.
• 4/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson indicted by grand jury for his involvent with Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Construction is underway on Capitol stairs.
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - Former Governor Roger Wilson indicted by a grand jury for his involvement with Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - Missourians to End Poverty rally to advocate for the poor.
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - A resolution encouraging US Congress to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline approved in MO Senate
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - Missouri's official state fruit is important in many ways
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Missouri veterans are waiting on a dedicated source of funding.
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - A bill would slowly wean single parents off of child care instead of immediately cutting it after they make over.
• 4/11/2012: Newspaper Story - Rally on Capitol steps spotlights child abuse awareness
• 4/11/2012: Newspaper Story - Despite a filibuster, the bill to expand charter schools across the state gains approval of the Senate
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Discussion over Missouri charter schools creates firestorm of debate.
• 4/11/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri legislators disagree on the fairness of public school funding
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Rally on Capitol steps spotlights child abuse awareness.
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers voted for an amendment to lessen the penalties for crack cocaine.
• 4/10/2012: Radio Story - House committee hears whistle blower bill, after it was vetoed last year.
• 4/10/2012: Radio Story - House Representative seeks to make trapshooting a recognized sport in schools statewide
• 4/10/2012: Radio Story - House passes a measure that would guarantee the right to bear arms.
• 4/ 9/2012: Newspaper Story - Mother's could put children up for adoption without the consent of an absent father
• 4/ 8/2012: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 2, 2012
• 4/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate adopted a measure to make it harder for teachers to get tenure.
• 4/ 5/2012: Radio Story - As Jerry Sandusky appears in court, the Missouri House passes stricter mandatory reporting laws.
• 4/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Houses passes bill that would allow students to attend school in different districts.
• 4/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House passed a bill that would ease transportation hardships for students.
• 4/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - Members of Congress want to protect the future of Missouri's military bases.
• 4/ 4/2012: Radio Story - The futures of Fort Leonard Wood and Whiteman AFB at stake over Base Realignment.
• 4/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - A bill raising the bar for wrongful death in inmate suicides stirs emotions in the Missouri House
• 4/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Legislators spoke in favor of disability rights after hundreds rallied at the Capitol
• 4/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - Conservative senators blocked a tax credit to bring sporting events to Missouri.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Elections Committee passes resolution which seeks to change language of voter ID bill.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Missouri's Attorney General and the MU System president spoke out to advocate legislators to fund higher education.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Representatives from Anheuser Busch and Miller brewing companies testify to stop bill from going to Senate floor.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Bill that would require parental consent for tanning debated in House.
• 4/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate narrowly votes to keep teacher tenure intact.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - A bill was passed that would limit worker compensation for occupational diseases.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - The Senate narrowly rejects a St. Louis County senator's proposal to repeal teacher tenure.
• 4/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - House committee discusses bills to crack down on metal theft, eliminate phone usage while driving
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - More calls for full ban on texting while driving in Missouri
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - After taking advantage of federal tax exemptions, Missouri Employers Mutual is the subject of House legislation.
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - Missourians bugging out over early arrival of insects.
• 4/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - In response to the contraception debate, Missouri female legislators would restrict vasectomies.
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - Legislation to prohibit vasectomies
• 4/ 1/2012: NewsBook - News summary for the week of March 26, 2012